22.4 Hypothetical or real? |
You will find that with all the wonderful structure there is still room for misunderstanding |
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These two sentences are not equal |
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In Spanish we have the same issue |
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The differentiation between the fact and the presumption can only be done by the context not on pure grammar.
Iba a + infinitive instead of condicional simple |
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And another special case (one of the exceptions that prove the rule)
Indefinido after expression of a sensation |
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After a verb of sensation (to see, feel, hear, taste, smell) the main clause can have the indefinido instead of the plusquamperfecto.
You will have to admit that it is not as complicated
as it looked in the beginning. Ok, we have to admit
that the subjuntivo does not really help to ease a learner's
life. However, everything else is identical with the English
logic.
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