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Deja que haga ella el trabajo sucio

 

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Old October 06, 2009, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by poli View Post
You used quiso but quisiera would be more correct.
An easy rule to remember: the past subjunctive accompanies the conditional tense.
The general rule is don't use the simple past tense (preterit or imperfect) if you sentence also has a verb in the conditional tense.
Well there's the problem, I didn't even know there was a past-conditional tense! Thanks, and thanks to you too Angelica.
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