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Okay sy reading shmoop offers another section here Tense verbs

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We're going to try to get them do a de

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stress here a little bit So it diverted in the

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first sentence Here we go If they wait until fall

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to buy a new house they would have saved over

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five thousand dollars Okay something's wrong here right If they

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wait until then they would have we got a conditional

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thing Maria that's A problem Okay so well the second

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half of the sentence tells us that these homeowners didn't

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actually wait to buy their house They just jumped right

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in and they lost out on some major savings because

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of it Yeah Ouch Patients in virtue and all that

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Well we want the option that shows the homeowners already

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bought their home So d is the right answer Had

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they waited until fall to buy a new house well

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then it would have saved over five grand right If

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the verb weight is in the present tense like it

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is in a well it won't work with the would

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have saved thing which indicates an action That's already been

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completed Additional That makes a simple past tense of the

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verb was delayed a tense shift as well but just

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chilled Era was delayed Finally would of makes us wanna

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back quietly away from this dream home This is nonstandard

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english not even in rap albums It's also known is

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completely wrong and please never use it again So the 00:01:19.445 --> [endTime] answer is day and we are shmoop Oh

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