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advanced conditionals rephrasing

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  • If the bills are paid, tenants will not be evicted. ( Providing .....)
    Provided/Providing (that) the bills are paid, tenants will not be evicted.
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  • Without Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do now. ( If it.....)
    If it weren't for Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do now.
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  • Without your help, I would have been in big trouble. ( But......)
    But for your help, I would have been in big trouble.
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  • I don't speak English well enough, so I didn't get the job. ( If.....)
    If I spoke better English, I could/ would have got the job.
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  • You are not smart; that's why you borrowed money. ( If....)
    If you were smarter, you wouldn't have borrowed money.
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  • We didn't follow the sign, and now we are lost. ( If.....)
    If we had followed the sign, we wouldn't be lost now.
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  • You drank too much last night; that's why you have a hangover now. ( If...)
    If you had drunk less/ hadn't drunk so much last night, you wouldn't have a hangover.
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  • If you see Kate, say hi from me. ( Should....)
    Should you see Kate, say hi from me.
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  • What would you say if he proposed to you? ( Were.....)
    Were he to propose to you, what would you say?
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  • Without Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do. ( Were....)
    Were it not for Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do now.
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  • If we gave up the fight now, it would mean the end of democracy in our country. ( Were.....)
    Were we to give up the fight now, it would mean the end of democracy in our country.
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  • If the cinema had been open, we would have seen The Two Towers. ( Had.....)
    Had the cinema been open, we would have seen The Two Towers.
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  • I'll buy a new computer if I get a rise in salary. (As .........)
    As long as I get a rise in salary, I'll buy a new computer.
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  • If Peter and I meet, we always talk about the good old times. ( Whenever....)
    Whenever Peter and I meet, we talk about the good old times.
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  • You can go to the party if you come back before midnight. ( Providing......)
    Providing you come back before midnight, you can go to the party.
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  • I have a headache because I didn't take an aspirin. ( If....)
    If I had taken an aspirin, I wouldn't have a headache now.
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