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What if Some Events Wouldn’t Have Happened in the Past?

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine, today we can still regularly see positive changes in the world. Thinking about the challenges humanity faced in the past pushed me to write about important changes on the planet and to attempt to guess how would it have changed our society if they hadn't have happened.

If I had known the history better, I would have created a comprehensive research paper about the most important shifts in world history. But since I’m just an amateur, this text covers only three events that has attracted my attention.

1920: Women's Suffrage
On August 18, 1920, women got the right to vote. If this hadn't have happened, however, our society would have been completely different. Speaking frankly, if I had lived in the ‘20s, I wouldn’t have liked the society of those times. Women even weren’t allowed to go to university, much less hold paying jobs. They spent most of the time at homes and believed that their happiness completely depends upon their husbands. Housewives were mostly dealing with washing and cooking, and although most of them didn’t mind doing the housework, something should have been changed. Luckily, Women’s Suffrage completely transformed women’s lives and our society.

1943: Invention of LSD
Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman might not have known about the extent to which he contributed to society with the invention of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). Indeed, he also couldn’t have known that hippies and ravers would use his invention for their entertainment, dancing high at festivals. Nevertheless, there are a lot of positive effects of LSD that are worth using in medicine. The substance is effective in reducing anxiety, depression and pain in people with cancer; also it helps as a treatment for psychosomatic diseases and various addictions. On top of that, the result of LSD-assisted therapy can be seen quite quickly.

What if Hoffman hadn't invented LSD or somebody had stopped him from working, or he simply decided not to get on with his work? Probably, many people would have suffered today from pain and mental ilness, and some ravers wouldn’t have experienced some fun (which is, indeed, not as important). Imagine the changes in the world if scientists applied LSD on a larger scale and we would be able to use it for treatment of health problems worldwide? Who knows, maybe we could clear away our personal worries, and rid the world of depression?

2019: COVID Pandemic
From the moment the pandemic rolled out, it completely changed our world. We’ve become used to working from home, have realigned the concept of safety, and have become vaccinated on a worldwide scale. Indeed, there were also harmful effects of the pandemic, like the massive hit to many companies, from restaurants to concert organizers, as well as millions of deaths. Nevertheless, if the pandemic hadn’t hit the planet, who knows, maybe we could have encountered even greater risks.

For example, the pandemic caused the reduction of road traffic and, therefore, decreased the amount of traffic accidents. The diminished amount of road traffic also has led to lowered heart attack rates. Besides that, during the pandemic community action and connections amongst friends and families have increased. Simply put, we’ve come to pay more attention to our mates and relatives, even though the reason for that was rather gloomy.

With the coming of home isolation, enjoying a family dinner or hanging out with friends has become for many of us more important than ever before. On the whole, acknowledgment of the pandemic’s benefits may help us not only to ease our anxiety about what happened but also to continue to believe that the future will bring with it more positive changes.

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What Iif Some Events Wouldn’t Have Happened in Tthe Past?

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine, today we can still regularly see positive changes in the world.

Thinking about the challenges humanity challengess faced in the past pushed me to write about important changes on the planet and to attempt to guess, how cwould it have changed our society if they woulhadn't have happened.

This is subjunctive tense since you're making a guess.

If I had known the history better, I would have created a comprehensive research paper about the most important shifts in the world history.

But since I’m just an amateur, this text covers only three events that has attracted my attention.

1920: Women's Suffrage

On August 18, 1920, women got the right to vote.

yay!

However, iIf this woulhadn’t have happened, however, our society cwould have been completely different.

We avoid using "however" at the beginning of sentences.

Speaking frankly, if I had lived in the ‘20s, I wouldn’t have liked the society of those times.

Women even weren’t allowed to go to university, not to mentionmuch less hold paying jobs.

MThey spent most of their time athey spent at their homes, and believed that their happiness completely depends fromed upon their husbands.

"At home" is a set phrase.

House wives were mostly dealing with washing and cooking, and although most of them didn’t mind doing the housework, something should have been changed.

Luckily, the Women’s Suffrage completely transformed women’s lives and our society.

1943: Invention of LSD

Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman might not have known about the extent to which he will contributed to society bywith the invention of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).

Indeed, he also couldn’t have known that hippies and ravers will applyould use his invention for their entertainment, dancing high on theat festivals.

This sounds more natural in the US.

Nevertheless, there are a lot of positive effects of LSD that are worth using in medicine.

The substance is effective in reducing anxiety, depression and pain in people with cancer; also it helps as a treatment for psychosomatic diseases and various addictions.

On top of that, the result of LSD-assisted therapy can be seen quite quickly.

What if Hoffman woulhadn't have invented LSD, or somebody would havehad stopped him from working, or he simply would have decided not to get on with his work?

Probably, many people would have suffered today from pain and mental illness, and some of ravers wouldn’t have gotexperienced some fun (which is, indeed, not aso important).

Imagine the changes in the world, if scientists will applyied LSD on a biglarger scale, and we willould be able to use it for treatment of health problems worldwide?

Who knows, maybe we could clear away our personal worries, and rid the world ofrom depression?

2019: COVID Pandemic

From the moment when the pandemic have become rollinged out, it have completely changed our world.

We’ve become used to working from home, have realigned the concept of safety, and have become vaccinated on a worldwide scale.

Indeed, there were also harmful effects of the pandemic, like the massive hit forto many companies, from restaurants to concert organizers, ands well as the millions of deaths.

Nevertheless, if the pandemic hadn’t hit the planet, who knows, maybe we could have encountered even greater risks.

For example, the pandemic have caused the reducetion of road traffic and, therefore, decreased the amount of traffic accidents.

The diminished amount of road traffic havealso has led to lowered heart attack rates.

Besides that, during the pandemic the community action, and connections amongst friends and families have increased.

Simply put, we’ve become to pay more attention to our mates and relatives, even though the reason for that was rather gloomy.

With the coming of home isolation, enjoying a family dinner or hanging out with friends haves become for many of us more important than ever before, not to mention getting about and atteding parties.

On the whole, acknowledgingement of the pandemic’s benefits may help us not only to ease our anxiety about what happened but also to continue to believe that the future will bring with it more positive changes.

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Nov. 30, 2022

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Thinking about the challenges humanity challengess faced in the past pushed me to write about important changes on the planet and to attempt to guess, how cwould it have changed our society if they woulhadn't have happened.

ah, I'm confused here. I use the tule for modals "when we imagine smth that didn’t happen in the past — would have (done). Ex:

They helped us a lot. I don’t know what we’d have done without their help.
It’s a shame you didn’t see the film. You would have liked it."

I thought this rule is also working with "wouldn't" for the past. It seems it's don't 😭

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Nov. 30, 2022

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However, iIf this woulhadn’t have happened, however, our society cwould have been completely different.

thank you!

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MThey spent most of their time athey spent at their homes, and believed that their happiness completely depends fromed upon their husbands.

thnx

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Indeed, he also couldn’t have known that hippies and ravers will applyould use his invention for their entertainment, dancing high on theat festivals.

about would: "would is commonly used to refer to a future event that may occur under specific conditions." that's the case?

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What if Hoffman woulhadn't have invented LSD, or somebody would havehad stopped him from working, or he simply would have decided not to get on with his work?

"when we imagine smth that didn’t happen in the past — would have (done). They helped us a lot. I don’t know what we’d have done without their help. "

I really want to understand why the part "he simply would have decided" incorrect. I imagine smth happened in the past, kinda :(

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Probably, many people would have suffered today from pain and mental illness, and some of ravers wouldn’t have gotexperienced some fun (which is, indeed, not aso important).

And there I can say "wouldn't have experienced"? Not "hadn't have experienced"? Now I'm totally confused :)

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The diminished amount of road traffic havealso has led to lowered heart attack rates.

the pandemic caused
but
The diminished amount of road traffic also has led

Why present perfect for the second sentence but not the first one?

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Nov. 30, 2022

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thank you so much, there're tremendously useful comments. I'm confused a lot with the use of "would/wouldn't have done", "had" etc for the past. In this text I aimed to practice modal verbs for the past and imaginary situations but it seems I did everything wrong and misunderstood the rules.

If you could explain me these details, it would be great. If you have no time, it's also OK, you've already helped 🙏❤️

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Nov. 30, 2022

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ah, I'm confused here. I use the tule for modals "when we imagine smth that didn’t happen in the past — would have (done). Ex: They helped us a lot. I don’t know what we’d have done without their help. It’s a shame you didn’t see the film. You would have liked it." I thought this rule is also working with "wouldn't" for the past. It seems it's don't 😭

That's correct. That's why I corrected it from "could" to "would."

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Nov. 30, 2022

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about would: "would is commonly used to refer to a future event that may occur under specific conditions." that's the case?

Yes, that's the case here.

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mari

Nov. 30, 2022

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"when we imagine smth that didn’t happen in the past — would have (done). They helped us a lot. I don’t know what we’d have done without their help. " I really want to understand why the part "he simply would have decided" incorrect. I imagine smth happened in the past, kinda :(

We know that Hoffman already invented so if he *hadn't* invented it or *had not* invented it negates the fact that he had.

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Nov. 30, 2022

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And there I can say "wouldn't have experienced"? Not "hadn't have experienced"? Now I'm totally confused :)

"hadn't have experience" means they didn't experience it but they did. That's why "would" works here. It signifies an alternate reality.

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Nov. 30, 2022

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the pandemic caused but The diminished amount of road traffic also has led Why present perfect for the second sentence but not the first one?

"amount" is singular so I corrected it for verb agreement.

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mari

Dec. 1, 2022

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thank you so much, there're tremendously useful comments. I'm confused a lot with the use of "would/wouldn't have done", "had" etc for the past. In this text I aimed to practice modal verbs for the past and imaginary situations but it seems I did everything wrong and misunderstood the rules. If you could explain me these details, it would be great. If you have no time, it's also OK, you've already helped 🙏❤️

"would' is a multi level auxiliary verb. I like the way they explain it here: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-modal-would.htm

You did very well so try not to beat yourself up too much! As I said, good work!

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Dec. 1, 2022

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That's correct. That's why I corrected it from "could" to "would."

thnx

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Rumble_Bumble

Dec. 1, 2022

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Yes, that's the case here.

👏

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Dec. 1, 2022

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"hadn't have experience" means they didn't experience it but they did. That's why "would" works here. It signifies an alternate reality.

it's a bit more clear now, thnx

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Dec. 1, 2022

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"would' is a multi level auxiliary verb. I like the way they explain it here: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-modal-would.htm You did very well so try not to beat yourself up too much! As I said, good work!

thank you for your explanation, I'll definitely check this link. Thank you also for your support, sometimes I just want to deal with everything in a perfect way 😂

What If Some Events Wouldn’t Have Happened in The Past?


What Iif Some Events Wouldn’t Have Happened in Tthe Past?

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and war between Russia and Ukraine, today we can still regularly see positive changes in the world.


Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine, today we can still regularly see positive changes in the world.

Thinking about the humanity challenges in the past pushed me to write about important changes on the planet and guess, how could have changed our society if they wouldn’t have happened.


Thinking about the challenges humanity challengess faced in the past pushed me to write about important changes on the planet and to attempt to guess, how cwould it have changed our society if they woulhadn't have happened.

This is subjunctive tense since you're making a guess.

If I had known the history better, I would have created a comprehensive research about the most important shifts in the world history.


If I had known the history better, I would have created a comprehensive research paper about the most important shifts in the world history.

But since I’m just an amateur, this text covers only three events that has attracted my attention.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

1920: Women's Suffrage


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

On August 18, 1920 women got the right to vote.


On August 18, 1920, women got the right to vote.

yay!

However, if this wouldn’t have happened, our society could have been completely different.


However, iIf this woulhadn’t have happened, however, our society cwould have been completely different.

We avoid using "however" at the beginning of sentences.

Speaking frankly, if I had lived in the ‘20s, I wouldn’t have liked the society of those times.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Women even weren’t allowed to go to university, not to mention hold paying jobs.


Women even weren’t allowed to go to university, not to mentionmuch less hold paying jobs.

Most of the time they spent at their homes, and believed that their happiness completely depends from their husbands.


MThey spent most of their time athey spent at their homes, and believed that their happiness completely depends fromed upon their husbands.

"At home" is a set phrase.

House wives were mostly dealing with washing and cooking, and although most of them didn’t mind doing the housework, something should have been changed.


House wives were mostly dealing with washing and cooking, and although most of them didn’t mind doing the housework, something should have been changed.

Luckily, the Women’s Suffrage completely transformed women’s lives and our society.


Luckily, the Women’s Suffrage completely transformed women’s lives and our society.

1943: Invention of LSD


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman might not have known about the extent to which he will contribute to society by invention of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).


Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman might not have known about the extent to which he will contributed to society bywith the invention of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).

Indeed, he also couldn’t have known that hippies and ravers will apply his invention for their entertainment, dancing high on the festivals.


Indeed, he also couldn’t have known that hippies and ravers will applyould use his invention for their entertainment, dancing high on theat festivals.

This sounds more natural in the US.

Nevertheless, there are a lot of positive effects of LSD that are worth using in medicine.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

The substance is effective in reducing anxiety, depression and pain in people with cancer; also it helps as a treatment for psychosomatic diseases and various addictions.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

On top of that, the result of LSD-assisted therapy can be seen quite quickly.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

What if Hoffman wouldn’t have invented LSD, or somebody would have stopped him from working, or he simply would have decided not to get on with his work?


What if Hoffman woulhadn't have invented LSD, or somebody would havehad stopped him from working, or he simply would have decided not to get on with his work?

Probably, many people would have suffered today from pain and mental ilness, and some of ravers wouldn’t have got some fun (which is, indeed, not so important).


Probably, many people would have suffered today from pain and mental illness, and some of ravers wouldn’t have gotexperienced some fun (which is, indeed, not aso important).

Imagine changes in the world if the scientists will apply LSD on a bigger scale, and we will be able to use it for treatment of health problems worldwide?


Who knows, maybe we could clear away our personal worries, and rid the world from depression?


2019: COVID Pandemic


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

From the moment when the pandemic have become rolling out, it have completely changed our world.


From the moment when the pandemic have become rollinged out, it have completely changed our world.

We’ve have become used to working from home, have realigned the concept of safety, and have become vaccinated on a worldwide scale.


Indeed, there were also harmful effects of the pandemic, like the massive hit for many companies, from restaurants to concert organizers, and millions of deaths.


Indeed, there were also harmful effects of the pandemic, like the massive hit forto many companies, from restaurants to concert organizers, ands well as the millions of deaths.

Nevertheless, if the pandemic hadn’t hit the planet, who knows, maybe we could have encountered even greater risks.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

For example, pandemic have caused the reduce of road traffic and therefore, a less amount of traffic accidents.


The diminished amount of road traffic have led to lowered heart attack rates.


The diminished amount of road traffic havealso has led to lowered heart attack rates.

Besides that, during the pandemic the community action, and connections amongst friends and families have increased.


Besides that, during the pandemic the community action, and connections amongst friends and families have increased.

Simply put, we’ve become to pay more attention to our mates and relatives, even though the reason for that was rather gloomy.


Simply put, we’ve become to pay more attention to our mates and relatives, even though the reason for that was rather gloomy.

With the coming of home isolation, enjoying a family dinner or hanging out with friends have become for many of us more important than ever before, not to mention getting about and atteding parties.


With the coming of home isolation, enjoying a family dinner or hanging out with friends haves become for many of us more important than ever before, not to mention getting about and atteding parties.

On the whole, acknowledging of the pandemic’s benefits may help us not only ease our anxiety about what happened but also continue to believe that future will bring with it more positive changes.


On the whole, acknowledgingement of the pandemic’s benefits may help us not only to ease our anxiety about what happened but also to continue to believe that the future will bring with it more positive changes.

Imagine changes in the world, if scientists will apply LSD on a bigger scale, and we will be able to use it for treatment of health problems worldwide?


Imagine the changes in the world, if scientists will applyied LSD on a biglarger scale, and we willould be able to use it for treatment of health problems worldwide?

Who knows, maybe we could clear away our personal worries, and rid the world from depression?


Who knows, maybe we could clear away our personal worries, and rid the world ofrom depression?

We’ve become used to working from home, have realigned the concept of safety, and have become vaccinated on a worldwide scale.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

For example, pandemic have caused the reduce of road traffic and therefore, decreased the amount of traffic accidents.


For example, the pandemic have caused the reducetion of road traffic and, therefore, decreased the amount of traffic accidents.

What if Some Events Wouldn’t Have Happened in the Past?


Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine, today we can still regularly see positive changes in the world.


Thinking about the challenges humanity faced in the past pushed me to write about important changes on the planet and to attempt to guess how would it have changed our society if they hadn't have happened.


If I had known the history better, I would have created a comprehensive research paper about the most important shifts in world history.


On August 18, 1920, women got the right to vote.


If this hadn't have happened, however, our society would have been completely different.


Women even weren’t allowed to go to university, much less hold paying jobs.


They spent most of the time at homes and believed that their happiness completely depends upon their husbands.


Housewives were mostly dealing with washing and cooking, and although most of them didn’t mind doing the housework, something should have been changed.


Luckily, Women’s Suffrage completely transformed women’s lives and our society.


Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman might not have known about the extent to which he contributed to society with the invention of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).


Indeed, he also couldn’t have known that hippies and ravers would use his invention for their entertainment, dancing high at festivals.


What if Hoffman hadn't invented LSD or somebody had stopped him from working, or he simply decided not to get on with his work?


Probably, many people would have suffered today from pain and mental ilness, and some ravers wouldn’t have experienced some fun (which is, indeed, not as important).


Imagine the changes in the world if scientists applied LSD on a larger scale and we would be able to use it for treatment of health problems worldwide?


Who knows, maybe we could clear away our personal worries, and rid the world of depression?


From the moment the pandemic rolled out, it completely changed our world.


Indeed, there were also harmful effects of the pandemic, like the massive hit to many companies, from restaurants to concert organizers, as well as millions of deaths.


For example, the pandemic caused the reduction of road traffic and, therefore, decreased the amount of traffic accidents.


The diminished amount of road traffic also has led to lowered heart attack rates.


Besides that, during the pandemic community action and connections amongst friends and families have increased.


Simply put, we’ve come to pay more attention to our mates and relatives, even though the reason for that was rather gloomy.


With the coming of home isolation, enjoying a family dinner or hanging out with friends has become for many of us more important than ever before.


On the whole, acknowledgment of the pandemic’s benefits may help us not only to ease our anxiety about what happened but also to continue to believe that the future will bring with it more positive changes.


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