Lawn2llawn2 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
If I could....
Hi all I have a question about second conditional.
Is this sentence correct?
If you could choose where you lived, where would it be?
Is the underlined phrase right? Can I say "you live" too?
Thanks a lot
Liya
Is this sentence correct?
If you could choose where you lived, where would it be?
Is the underlined phrase right? Can I say "you live" too?
Thanks a lot
Liya
Top answer
Yes. It is correct. You cannot use 'you live' in this sentence.
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Yes. It is correct.
You cannot use 'you live' in this sentence.
If a verb is in the Present Tense ("I live there"), it is a FACT - nothing hypothetical about it!
The 'if' clause sets up a hypothetical situation, and so both verbs in the clause must reflect that:
If you could choose where you lived, where would it be?
You cannot use 'you live' in this sentence.
If a verb is in the Present Tense ("I live there"), it is a FACT - nothing hypothetical about it!
The 'if' clause sets up a hypothetical situation, and so both verbs in the clause must reflect that:
If you could choose where you lived, where would it be?
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