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Can somebody help me with below sentences.

a) Suppose I changed/change my mind would this change the situation.

b) Suppose I receive/received it on time i would revert you on time.

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    Possible duplicate of Why is it "If I were you" and not "If I was you"? – FumbleFingers Jun 30 '19 at 17:05
  • I wanted to cite what if I + what, past* tense or present tense?*, because that title more exactly matches the question as posed here. But it's got no upvotes or accepted answer, so I can't. It's all the same thing though - If I write / wrote / were to write / was to write* this using any of those formats, what difference would it make?* – FumbleFingers Jun 30 '19 at 17:11
  • In English the subjunctive is more often conjugated in the past tense -- but not exclusively. Both are possible. – Andrew Jun 30 '19 at 17:16
  • @FumbleFingers Which of the answers to the duplicate question do you think is best, or even correct? All of them seem to be somewhat off-target. – Andrew Jun 30 '19 at 17:18
  • @Andrew: I wasn't particularly thinking about the *answers* there - just that the framing of the question (suppose* + Present / Past)* seemed closer than asking about the *was / were* usages (which both look like "Past" anyway). – FumbleFingers Jun 30 '19 at 17:34
  • I am unable to understand from given links. Plz explain me in simple l. Can we use verb-ed to discribe completed action or it is only use to discribe Past tense. – user4084 Jun 30 '19 at 17:38
  • @user4084 This is the subjunctive tense. Past/present is not always meaningful when talking about hypothetical situations. – Andrew Jun 30 '19 at 17:39
  • user4084: Oh, I'm sorry. You can use *either* (Present or Past) in your example. When you start a question with *Suppose... What if... Let's say...* then what follows (What if I gave* an example?)* is a sort of "unreal" situation (neither Present nor Past). Strictly speaking that should involve a *subjunctive* verb form (What if I were to give* another example?), but native speakers often don't bother with that. And it's equally fine for me to say something like What if I give yet another example?).* – FumbleFingers Jun 30 '19 at 17:46
  • Hands up anyone who thinks those three examples could usefully be included in a new answer to the earlier question I couldn't cite as a duplicate. Ideally, would someone else like to actually *do* that? – FumbleFingers Jun 30 '19 at 17:49

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