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prétérit hypothétique / past perfect hypothétique

pour tous les verbes sauf be,

le prétérit hypothétique (également appelé prétérit modal)

a la même forme que le prétérit temporel

if + GN sujet + prétérit modal

irréel > souhait > GN sujet + wish + GN + prétérit modal

The Guardian        p. 5        4.3.2006

The Guardian        Society 2        p. 29        8.2.2006

I just wish I knew why I feel so miserable.

For Better or For Worse

By Lynn Johnston

Washington Post

10 July 2011

But if we pulled out,

Iraq would slip into chaos!

Mike Keefe

The Denvers Post

Cagle

10.9.2004
http://www.intoon.com/

Oil Price Would Skyrocket

if Iran Closed  [ prétérit hypothétique ] the Strait of Hormuz

January 4, 2012
The New York Times
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS

HOUSTON — If Iran were [ prétérit hypothétique de be ] to follow through

with its threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz,

a vital transit route for almost one-fifth of the oil traded globally,

the impact would be immediate:

Energy analysts say the price of oil would start to soar

and could rise 50 percent or more within days.

    Oil Price Would Skyrocket if Iran Closed the Strait of Hormuz, NYT, 4.1.2012,
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/business/oil-price-would-skyrocket-if-iran-closed-the-strait.html

Help Needed for the Economy

July 2, 2010
The New York Times

If the economy were [ prétérit hypothétique de be ] a coal mine,

the job market would be an 800-pound canary,

warning of a recovery that is running out of oxygen.
 

    Help Needed for the Economy, NYT, 2.7.2010,
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/opinion/04sun1.html

How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms

November 2, 2010
11:59 pm
The New York Times
By TIMOTHY EGAN

Timothy Egan on American politics and life, as seen from the West.

If I were [ prétérit hypothétique de be ] one of the big corporate donors

who bankrolled the Republican tide

that carried into office more than 50 new Republicans in the House,

I would be wary of what you just bought.

For no matter your view of President Obama, he effectively saved capitalism.

And for that, he paid a terrible political price.

    How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms, NYT, 2.11.2010,
    http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/how-obama-saved-capitalism-and-lost-the-midterms/

Obama says bin Laden must not be a martyr

June 18, 2008
Filed at 3:50 p.m. ET
The New York Times
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama says

if Osama bin Laden were captured [ prétérit passif modal ] on his watch,

he'd [ would ] want to ensure he doesn't become a martyr if he were prosecuted.

Obama said he's not sure that the terrorist mastermind would be captured alive.

But if he were [ prétérit hypothétique de be ] ,

Obama said he would want to bring him to justice

'in a way that allows the entire world to understand the murderous acts that he's engaged in

and not to make him into a martyr.''

Obama was asked about how he would handle bin Laden at a news conference Wednesday

after he met with a new team of national security advisers.

The meeting came after rival John McCain's campaign criticized Obama

for a having a pre-9-11 mind-set for promoting trial of terrorists.

    Obama says bin Laden must not be a martyr, NYT, 18.6.2008,
    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Obama-National-Security.html

"If President Truman or President Eisenhower had used [ past perfect hypothétique ]

nuclear weapons in the Korean war,

and Lord knows they got that advice,

the whole subsequent history of warfare

and the rules of warfare would have been changed."

    Nuclear War Strategists Rethink the Unthinkable, NYT, 19.1.2003,
    http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2003/Rethink-NuclearWar19jan03.htm

Un verbe au prétérit après if n'est pas nécessairement un prétérit ypothétique.

1 - lied est ici un prétérit temporel,

qui renvoie aux déclarations passées du premier ministre britannique.

1 -    I would quit if I lied [ prétérit temporel ], Blair tells MPs

Tony Blair was forced on to the defensive yesterday

when he admitted that he would have to resign as prime minister

if he lied to parliament over his role

in the outing of the government scientist, Dr David Kelly.

    Headline and 1 §, G, 8.1.2004, http://www.guardian.co.uk/hutton/story/0,13822,1118318,00.html    

irréel > souhait > GN sujet + wish + GN + prétérit hypothétique

The Guardian        Work        p. 1        20 December 2008
http://digital.guardian.co.uk/guardian/2008/12/20/pdfs/gdn_081220_wo1_1_21498925.pdf

The care support broker:

'I wish I could do more'

[ could : ici, forme / valeur prétérit du modal can ]

Guardian.co.uk
Tuesday 16 March 2010
18.50 GMT


The support broker Jeremy Long-Price

Jeremy Long-Price, self-directed support broker, Southampton Centre for Independent Living

Telling people how to spend their money is a trap that Jeremy Long-Price tries hard to avoid.

A former nurse, he now works in the independent sector as a "broker"

helping personal budget holders plan their support.

"My main priority is what they want out of life

and what can be achieved with the funds they've got," he says.

"It's about helping people to express their true wishes and needs,

not about telling them what they should spend their money on.

That would perpetuate old-style care management

where people took what they were given."

    The care support broker: 'I wish I could do more', G, 16.3.2010,
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/social-care-careers/the-support-broker

Voir aussi

Enoncés en it's time + prétérit modal

Prétérit modal > be

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