Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Some tense problems.
1. "If you wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
2. "If you wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't read this."
3. "If you want to stay alive, you shouldn't read this."
4 ."If you want to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
5 ."If you had wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
6 ."If you had wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't read this."
Can you please tell me which of these sentences are correct?
2. "If you wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't read this."
3. "If you want to stay alive, you shouldn't read this."
4 ."If you want to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
5 ."If you had wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
6 ."If you had wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't read this."
Can you please tell me which of these sentences are correct?
Top answer
These seem possible, considering the context: 1. " 3. "
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These seem possible, considering the context:
1. "If you wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
3. "If you want to stay alive, you shouldn't read this."
5 ."If you had wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
1. "If you wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
3. "If you want to stay alive, you shouldn't read this."
5 ."If you had wanted to stay alive, you shouldn't have read this."
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