Austere125rivers Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Tomorrow if I saw him I would smile at him?
Tomorrow if I saw him I would smile at him?
Is this construction correct or not and why?
Is this construction correct or not and why?
Top answer
"tomorrow" is in the wrong place. Otherwise, it's OK. If I saw him tomorrow, I would smile at him.
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"tomorrow" is in the wrong place. Otherwise, it's OK.
If I saw him tomorrow, I would smile at him.
Because of the "if" and the "would", the form "saw" is not interpreted as a past reality, but as a non-past hypothetical. You're just imagining that you might see him tomorrow.
CJ
If I saw him tomorrow, I would smile at him.
Because of the "if" and the "would", the form "saw" is not interpreted as a past reality, but as a non-past hypothetical. You're just imagining that you might see him tomorrow.
CJ
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If there is at least a fair possibility of seeing him the next day, you might want to make a couple of changes.
If I see him tomorrow, I will smile at him.
If I see him tomorrow, I will smile at him.
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Thank you CalifJim, in fact my question was because I wanted to understand the conditional.
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Aspara Gus If I see him tomorrow, I will smile at him.That's the only thing I would say.
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austere125rivers... because I wanted to understand the conditionalOh. OK. Be careful. It's tricky because, as you see, the past tense is not used with its usual meaning in conditional constructions.
CJ
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