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ABOUT HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS |
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When you want to express a hypothetical situation (a supposition), that is far from the real situation you must use WERE instead of WAS. Of course, it implies a wish of being so... but it isn't. In IF sentences -and also after WISH- we always use WERE instead of WAS. |
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Se utiliza WERE en lugar de WAS cuando se expresan situaciones hipotéticas (suposiciones), es decir muy alejadas o diferentes de la situación real. Desde ya implica el deseo de que así fuera... pero no lo es. En las oraciones IF (condicionales) -y también después de WISH- siempre usamos WERE en lugar de WAS. |
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SOME
EXAMPLES: |
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FOR EACH SENTENCE WRITE A HYPOTHETICAL COMMENT. |
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1. I'm not going to buy
that book because it's expensive. |
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2. I am living in New York
(and I hate this city). |
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3. I'm not lying on a Cuban
beach (and it's horrible to be in this office).
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