Grammar supplement g continuation

If you had taken medicine yesterday, you would be well today. Якби ти вчора випив ліки, сьогодні б почувався добре.

b) the condition refers to no particular time and the consequence to the past.

If he were not so absent-minded, he would not have missed the train yesterday. Якби він не був таким неуважним, він би не спізнився вчора на поїзд.

3 In sentences of unreal condition the modal verbs “might” and “could” are often used instead of “would”; they fully retain their modal meaning.

If I had a big garden I would (could, might) grow a lot of flowers. Якби в мене був великий сад, я б вирощував (міг би вирощувати) багато квітів.

4) In adverbial clause of condition the verbs had, were, could, should are often introduced without any conjunction. In these cases we find inversion.

If I had time, I would come over.Якби в мене був час, я б зайшов.

Had I time, I would come over.Був би час, я б зайшов.

If she were in New York, she would certainly call you. Якби вона була у Нью Йорку, вона б звісно зателефонувала б тобі.

Were she in New York, she would certainly call you. Була б вона у Нью Йорку, вона б звісно зателефонувала б тобі.

Study this example:

“I’ll phone you when I get home” is a sentence with two parts: the main part: “I’ll phone you” and the when-part: “when I get home”. The time in the sentence is future (“tomorrow”), but we use a present tense (I get) in the when-part of the sentence. We do not use will in the when-part of the sentence.

Some more examples:

We’ll go out when it stops raining (not when it will stop).

When you are in Kyiv again, visit us (not When you will be).

The same thing happens after while / before / after / as soon as / until or till:

I’m going to read a lot while I’m on holiday, (not while I will be)

I’ll probably go back home on Sunday. Before I go, I’d like to visit the museum.

Wait here until (or till) I come back.

Grammar supplement h abbreviations and contractions commonly used in writing and printing

A.A.A. • (referred to as: «Triple A») Automobile Association of America…

AAAA • American Association of Anonymous Alcoholics.

A.B.C. • American Broadcasting Corporation.

A.C. / D.C. • Alternating current – direct current.

A.I.D.S. • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

A.M. • Ante meridiem (morning).

A.O.K. • Absolutely.

Note: This is used as a stronger form of «OK».

A.S.A.P. • As soon as possible.

B.A. • Bachelor of Arts degree.

B.B.C. • British Broadcasting Corporation

B.L. • Bachelor of Law.

B.S. • Bachelor of Science degree.

C.B.S. • Columbia Broadcasting System.

C.D. • 1. Compact disc 2. Certificate of Deposit.

C.E.O. • Chief Executive Officer.

C.I.A • Central Intelligence Agency.

C.I.D. • Criminal Investigation Department.

C.J. • Chief Justice.

C.N.N. • (television) Cable News Network.

3-D • Three dimensional.

D.C. • District of Columbia. This refers to Washington, D.C.

D.J. • Disk jockey.

D.Q. • (sports term) Disqualified.

D.U.I. • (traffic citation) Driving under the influence.

D.W.I. • (traffic citation) Driving while intoxicated.

E.E.C. • European Economic Community

E.R. • Emergency room.

E.S.P.N. • Entertainment Sports Network.

f.a.c. • fast as can

F.B.I. • Federal Bureau of Investigation.