Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: hypothetical sentence

I have a doubt, among other thousand. LOL.
I wanted to write a hypothetic sentence like this:
"Se tu ti apprestassi ad imparare l'inglese saresti molto facilitato
perche' esiste una pletora di materiale con cui lavorare."
But, in the struggle of thinking in English I came out with:
"If you are going to learn English you are a bit facilitated because
there is plenty of material that you can use to work with"
What have I exactly done?!
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 I wanted to write a hypothetic sentence like this:
*an hypothetical
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*a hypothetical
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Joe/Joey da New York

 
If you're going to learn English you'll find a lot of helpful material to 
work with. (or 'with which to work' but although it's grammatically correct, 
it's too formal for AE, for the most part.)
and
*What, exactly,* have I done? ("What, exactly," is a fairly standard set 
phrase.)
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 *a hypothetical
Mumble. Is it not "aipoteticl"?
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 Mumble. Is it not "aipoteticl"?
The "h" is not silent! Sorry.
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Yatta!,
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 phrase.)
As always I have to thank you. Remember that I owe you a Beer, in case
you drop by. :)
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 What have I exactly done?!
Non si usa 'facilitated' in questo modo.
If you were ready to learn English it would be made (a little) easier 
because there is a plethora of material with which to work.
Ma la frase non č scritto bene. Non si sa se 'to be ready' č piů facile o 
'to learn English' č piů facile. Meglio dire: If you're ready to learn 
English your task will be made a little easier by the plethora of learning 
materials available. 

 
Thanks. I'll return the favor in case you drop by. We have a lovely little 
Italian restaurant in the neighborhood....:-)
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 through a second language I would be very happy with that.
It's not easy but it's not so difficult either. Well, if you are going
to learn English, like I'm doing, you are a bit facilitated because
there is plenty of material that you can use to work with. That can be a
problem with some other languages.
</past>
Maybe it's clearer now, but it's not a problem. I wanted to know only if
the sentence made sense, if it was right.
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Yatta!,
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-pvKkduEY

 materials available. 
I'm having a very hard time with the hypothetical construction.
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 there is plenty of material that you can use to work with"
Tanto per cominciare, "Se tu ti apprestassi... " deve cominciare con
"If you were..." e non "If you are..."
If you were about to?

 If you were about to?
You are right, but I didn't start from the Italian sentence. The Italian
 sentence was only crafted after I wrote the English sentence. I did the
Italian sentence in such a fashion starting only from the "idea" of what
I wanted to write. In Italian it was more complex because I've a higher
kills in that tongue. The Italian phrase is an explanation not a
translation.
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Yatta!,
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