Second and third conditional
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I know the general usage, but I have been recently looking for some practice and I came across such a sentence:
If you were really still working (really/still/work) at 1 a.m. last night, you wouldn't be (not/be) so full of energy today.
This is what the answer key says. Is it possible to use Past Continuous here? If so, why? I would say
If you really had still been working.
I'd be grateful for your help.
grammaticality conditionals progressive-aspect past-perfect-continuous
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I know the general usage, but I have been recently looking for some practice and I came across such a sentence:
If you were really still working (really/still/work) at 1 a.m. last night, you wouldn't be (not/be) so full of energy today.
This is what the answer key says. Is it possible to use Past Continuous here? If so, why? I would say
If you really had still been working.
I'd be grateful for your help.
grammaticality conditionals progressive-aspect past-perfect-continuous
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I would use "had" in that context.
– aparente001
2 days ago
Thanks. I guess I can't always take answer keys at face value
– Miriam
yesterday
Personally, I prefer the first. I find the second quite awkward. But without some more objective criteria that would clearly show why one would be better than the other, this is all just personal opinion.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
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I know the general usage, but I have been recently looking for some practice and I came across such a sentence:
If you were really still working (really/still/work) at 1 a.m. last night, you wouldn't be (not/be) so full of energy today.
This is what the answer key says. Is it possible to use Past Continuous here? If so, why? I would say
If you really had still been working.
I'd be grateful for your help.
grammaticality conditionals progressive-aspect past-perfect-continuous
edited 2 days ago
Mari-Lou A
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asked 2 days ago
MiriamMiriam
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I know the general usage, but I have been recently looking for some practice and I came across such a sentence:
If you were really still working (really/still/work) at 1 a.m. last night, you wouldn't be (not/be) so full of energy today.
This is what the answer key says. Is it possible to use Past Continuous here? If so, why? I would say
If you really had still been working.
I'd be grateful for your help.
grammaticality conditionals progressive-aspect past-perfect-continuous
grammaticality conditionals progressive-aspect past-perfect-continuous
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I would use "had" in that context.
– aparente001
2 days ago
Thanks. I guess I can't always take answer keys at face value
– Miriam
yesterday
Personally, I prefer the first. I find the second quite awkward. But without some more objective criteria that would clearly show why one would be better than the other, this is all just personal opinion.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
add a comment |
I would use "had" in that context.
– aparente001
2 days ago
Thanks. I guess I can't always take answer keys at face value
– Miriam
yesterday
Personally, I prefer the first. I find the second quite awkward. But without some more objective criteria that would clearly show why one would be better than the other, this is all just personal opinion.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
I would use "had" in that context.
– aparente001
2 days ago
I would use "had" in that context.
– aparente001
2 days ago
Thanks. I guess I can't always take answer keys at face value
– Miriam
yesterday
Thanks. I guess I can't always take answer keys at face value
– Miriam
yesterday
Personally, I prefer the first. I find the second quite awkward. But without some more objective criteria that would clearly show why one would be better than the other, this is all just personal opinion.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
Personally, I prefer the first. I find the second quite awkward. But without some more objective criteria that would clearly show why one would be better than the other, this is all just personal opinion.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
add a comment |
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I would use "had" in that context.
– aparente001
2 days ago
Thanks. I guess I can't always take answer keys at face value
– Miriam
yesterday
Personally, I prefer the first. I find the second quite awkward. But without some more objective criteria that would clearly show why one would be better than the other, this is all just personal opinion.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday