"if I found a wallet in the street, I would take it to the police station. "
Since 1st sent. is "found" (past tense), Why the 2nd sent. use "would take" , not "would have taken"?
would / would have
2009-10-05 1:33 am
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2009-10-05 2:18 am
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"If I found a wallet in the street" is a conditional clause.We use past tense in a conditional clause to talk about things which are not true in the present and highly unlikely to be true in the future and use "would" + "base verb" in the main clause.
Personally I would not agree that it is highly unlikely for anyone to find a wallet in the street in the future.
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