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Ask for help > Which alternative is correct? Why?
Which alternative is correct? Why?
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ebrahmi
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Which alternative is correct? Why?
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In our grandparents �s times, people used to work longer hours than anyone today WOULD ACCEPT / WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED.
--> I �d rather use "WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED" because it is the most plausible answer when used in the context below.
* If I �d lived in my grandparents � times, I wouldn �t have accepted to work for longer hours.
Thank you for your help
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19 Nov 2011
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maryse pey�
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I agree with your deduction : wouldn �t have accepted is ok.
It is ok as both action are past only. With the pluperfect for the 1st verb you need a past conditional.
IF + verb 1 at the pluperfect ---> verb 2 at the past conditional (here WOULD + past infinitive).
In your sentence YOU does not live in one�s grandparents� times (irreal) situation so one�s refusal is virtual too.
ADDENDA : exact ! there is TODAY !!!! So with today it is WOULD ACCEPT ! conditional present ! Sorry ! What I explained is for the irreal in the PAST.
and by the way, in France, we are taught that when there is an "s" as the final letter and that a possessive case is necessary a comma is enough. That is the reason why I did not put the 2nd "s".
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19 Nov 2011
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om montaha
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In our grandparents �s times, people used to work longer hours than anyone todayWOULD ACCEPT / WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED.is not a conditional sentence;
1)In our grandparents� times, people used to work longer hours than anyone can accept TODAY(to express present ability because u are not living in your granparents � times. 2)In our grandparents� times, people used to work longer hours than anyone may accept TODAY(to express present possibility.
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