Grammar Nerds 

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by ltachi, Oct 20, 2012.

  1. Soo... I have a friend. He came to me so I can help him with his English homework. And I was like "I'm a pro bruh " and he said "Aight I need help with Inverted Conditional Sentences Without 'If'"








    I have no fucking idea.
    Can anyone help 

    I have the examples and everything, but can someone educate me a little first? See if I can remember.. Cuz I've been out of school for like 2 yrs already.
     
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  8. Inverted = opposite

    Conditional = if, else

    So...you got this!
     
  9. But like, a short lesson. Cuz I know what inverted means and stuff....
     
  10. For instance. The examples:


    A. Imagine you were alone in a forest full of wild animals. _______ what would you do?

    B. It was much colder at sea than it had been on land. _______, we would have worn warmer clothes.

    C. I think what Mike does is fascinating. _______ the opportunity, I would definitely do what he did.

    D. The sharks were not interested in Mike when he remained motionless. _______, that would have been a different story.

    E. Apparently, there was a story about the shark attack in a newspaper the day before. ________, I probably wouldn't have gone for a swim.
     
  11. The dude has...

    Under C: "If I were to have"

    Under D: "If he were to escape"


    And that's all. Lol
     
  12. C: Were I to have the opportunity, ...

    D: Were he to escape, that would...
     
  13. You just move "were" to the front and then move or delete a word to make it grammatically correct.
     
  14. Here's an example I made up:

    1. If you should need more practice with inverting conditional sentences without "if," I suggest looking up examples on the Internet.

    Should you need more practice with inverting conditional sentences without "if," I suggest looking up examples on the Internet.
     
  15. Smartass  hahahaha
    Alright thanks Unicorn!
     
  16. Would D be something like: "Had I known" then?
     
  17. "Had I known" is the correct format. But to me, it makes more sense to say something like "Had Mike moved"

    I am not necessarily smart. I am a math major whose worst subject by far is English. I did not know what "inverting a conditional statement without if" meant prior to opening up this topic but I found out about 5 seconds after typing it into an Internet search engine. It's quite simple. Just has a long name.
     
  18. I found examples so I've been trying. Lol
     
  19. He sent me a pic of his book. I think in B he has "if we were to sleep outside"

    So would that be something like "Had we slept outside, we would have worn warmer clothes"?