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#26 2012-06-01 03:08:54
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Coincidence
'Corrected' is past tense and you are making a request for the future. So 'were to correct' is better but your version is in common use.
A space after a comma is required.
'and?' is not a sentence.
And you wanted your English corrected. That is not the same as asking for your grammar to be corrected.
Bob
Are you sure that a proper sentence can start with an 'And'? 
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#27 2012-06-01 03:17:43
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Re: Coincidence
No it can't.
But I'm not the one wanting my English corrected.
Actually, the second part of the conditional has the 'would+infinitive', so its first part must be in Simple Past Tense.
I don't understand any of this.
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#28 2012-06-01 03:20:11
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Re: Coincidence
"But" that doesn't mean I can't. I won't do it if it bothers you.
I meant to say that the first part had a "would+infinitive" structure.
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#29 2012-06-01 03:34:08
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Re: Coincidence
I can find no reason to regard 'love' as an infinitive in your sentence.
I think 'would love' is just a verb and so requires an object ( = 'it' implied )
Bob
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#30 2012-06-01 03:38:45
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Re: Coincidence
What is, then, the tense of the verb love?
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#31 2012-06-01 03:42:14
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Re: Coincidence
It sounds like 'would love' is future tense; you might say conditional future tense; because it refers to something that hasn't happened yet.
The meaning is:
If you correct my English (at some time in the future from now) then I will love it.
Bob
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#32 2012-06-01 03:43:52
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Re: Coincidence
Correction
If you were to correct my English then I will love it.
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#33 2012-06-01 03:47:14
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Re: Coincidence
If you correct my English (at some time in the future from now) then I will love it.
This one seems correct.
If you were to correct my English then I will love it.
This one doesn't seem to be correct. No conditional rules states that such a construction can be made.
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#34 2012-06-01 03:52:07
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Re: Coincidence
I think both are allowable. Adding 'were' shows that 'I' recognise that 'you' don't have to do this, so places greater emphasis on the politeness of the request.
But what do I know? I'm just a teacher of maths. I will consult a colleague but half term has just begun so it may be a while before I get a response.
Got to go now. 
Bob
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#35 2012-06-01 03:54:14
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Re: Coincidence
You know more about the English language than I do and that is enough.
I will "see" you later.
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