Re: [Corpora-List] If + would , would

From: Nigel Bruce (njbruce@hkucc.hku.hk)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2006 - 08:18:37 MET

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    Doug,
    But how much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck had been
    chucking back two-buck chuck?

    Nigel

    At 02:13 PM 3/22/2006, Doug Cooper wrote:
    >If a woodchuck could chuck wood,
    >How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
    >if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    >
    >Parveen Umm Abdul Aziz wrote:
    >>Hello everyone,
    >>Can someone help please?
    >>How often does this grammatical construction occur in American English?
    >>And, in which particular genre?
    >>If ... would ..., ... would .........
    >>Thank you all in adavnce
    >
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