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Hi Parveen<br><br>
Data from Bank of English (448m words, HarperCollins, 2002) = British,
American and Other data<br>
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1. "if+X+would" = 7507 examples<br>
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2. “would…would” in the same concordance line = 482 examples<br>
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<tt>3. Here is the distribution between US and non-US sources:<br><br>
Corpus Total Number
of Average Number per<br>
Occurrences
Million Words<br>
<br>
usspok
14
6.9/million<br>
</b>
brephem
14
3.0/million<br>
brspok
49
2.4/million<br>
npr
47
2.1/million<br>
usbooks
62
1.9/million<br>
</b>
brbooks
74
1.7/million<br>
strathy
19
1.2/million<br>
brmags
45
1.0/million<br>
usnews
10
1.0/million<br>
usephem
3
0.9/million<br>
</b>
wbe
8
0.8/million<br>
usacad
5
0.8/million<br>
</b>
oznews
27
0.8/million<br>
econ
11
0.7/million<br>
newsci
5
0.6/million<br>
guard
20
0.6/million<br>
bbc
10
0.5/million<br>
indy
15
0.5/million<br>
sunnow
22
0.5/million<br>
times
22
0.4/million<br>
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</tt><b>Examples (from the US data sources only): <br>
</b> <br>
and that they <b>would</b> do it `oftener if she
<b>would</b> submit." Men, one woman<br>
the day, and it <b>would</b> have been nice if someone
<b>would</b> have shown some<br>
that her chances <b>would</b>
improve if she <b>would</b> `walk more femininely, talk<br>
this, it <b>would</b> be greatly appreciated if you <b>would</b>
send it to me. <MX> <p><br>
I <b>would</b> consider it a personal favor if you <b>would</b>
help me. <p> But no matter<br>
a goddess we <b>would</b> woo in early youth if we <b>would</b> win
her." H Rider Haggard<br>
be something, there <b>would</b> be indexing if there <b>would</b>
not be a--a rate cut. I<br>
don't think a lot of people <b>would</b> mind if it <b>would</b> get the
economy going and<br>
increase. Many of the new applicants, if they <b>would</b> go to
work, <b>would</b> have to<br>
said that it <b>would</b> be very helpful if Congress
<b>would</b> support the type of<br>
considered a presidential candidate. If he <b>would</b> have any
trouble, it <b>would<br>
</b> on? <p> Birznetz: I <b>would</b> be shocked if there
<b>would</b> be compromise on--on<br>
and she was in white and she was thin. If she <b>would</b> have been fat,
it <b>wouldn't<br>
</b> because I didn't damp it, right? So if I <b>would</b>
damp it, you <b>would</b> have #<br><br>
Hope this helps<br>
Ramesh<br><br>
At 06:02 22/03/2006, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hello everyone,<br><br>
Can someone help please?<br><br>
How often does this grammatical construction occur in American English?
And, in which particular genre?<br><br>
If ... would ..., ... would .........<br><br>
Thank you all in adavnce </blockquote>
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Ramesh Krishnamurthy<br>
Lecturer in English Studies<br>
School of Languages and Social Sciences<br>
Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK<br>
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