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When we use the expression 'It's (high/about) time...', 'I'd (much) rather...', 'I'd (far) sooner... 'I wish...', or 'If only...' followed by any subject, the verb that follows must be hypothetical, meaning it must be a past form of the tense it means to express.
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When used 'as if' or 'as though', we can also convey hypothetical meaning by shifting verb tenses to the past of the tense it means to express.
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Remember the five expressions given in the example sentence, and the fact that to express something in the present hypothetically, use the past simple or continuous, and to express something in the past hypothetically, use the past perfect.
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Remember the five expressions given in the example sentence, and the fact that to express something in the present hypothetically, use the past simple or continuous, and to express something in the past hypothetically, use the past perfect.
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When we use the expression 'It's (high/about) time...', 'I'd (much) rather...', 'I'd (far) sooner... 'I wish...', or 'If only...' followed by any subject, the verb that follows must be hypothetical, meaning it must be a past form of the tense it means to express. If this expression says 'It's about time...', it is clearly talking about the present. So, how should the verb be expressed?
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Remember the five expressions given in the example sentence, and the fact that to express something in the present hypothetically, use the past simple or continuous, and to express something in the past hypothetically, use the past perfect.
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Remember the five expressions given in the example sentence, and the fact that to express something in the present hypothetically, use the past simple or continuous, and to express something in the past hypothetically, use the past perfect.
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Remember the five expressions given in the example sentence, and the fact that to express something in the present hypothetically, use the past simple or continuous, and to express something in the past hypothetically, use the past perfect. Finally, keep in mind that when a subject complains, expressing an action they desire to alleviate the situation, we use 'would' + 1ºv.
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Remember the five expressions given in the example sentence, and the fact that to express something in the present hypothetically, use the past simple or continuous, and to express something in the past hypothetically, use the past perfect.
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Remember the five expressions given in the example sentence, and the fact that to express something in the present hypothetically, use the past simple or continuous, and to express something in the past hypothetically, use the past perfect. Finally, keep in mind that when a subject complains, expressing an action they desire to alleviate the situation, we use 'would' + 1ºv.
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Remember the five expressions given in the example sentence, and the fact that to express something in the present hypothetically, use the past simple or continuous, and to express something in the past hypothetically, use the past perfect.
