Subjunctive Hypothetical Moods

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by awesomeusername » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:42 am

I'm kind of having problems with this.

Helen would feel better if she swallowed this pill.

Can someone explain to me why this sentence is correct?

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Re: Subjunctive Hypothetical Moods

by piyush_nitt » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:10 pm

awesomeusername wrote:I'm kind of having problems with this.

Helen would feel better if she swallowed this pill.

Can someone explain to me why this sentence is correct?

If + Past Tense , then would/could + Base form of verb ...

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