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Conditional sentences and usages

Both are equally correct, and equally odd English. Both start with a hypothetical condition. This is odd, since you probably know which year you were born in, so why hypothesise? If you know you ...
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"friend and contemporary": pleonasm?

contemporary means of the same age as used there. Merriam Webster: 2 : one of the same or nearly the same age as another So, you can be a friend and not the same age or nearly the same age as another. ...
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"friend and contemporary": pleonasm?

My guess would be that it is used here to mean they were relevant at roughly the same time. I.e. that they are of similar age or that they were producing work/ideas at a similar time. A child could be ...
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Did you see how fast he move or moved?

Did you see how fast he moved? is correct. In English grammar, verbs need to conjugate (change their form) to reflect the time of the action. Since the action of moving happened in the past, we need ...
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"friend and contemporary": pleonasm?

Several others have pointed out that "contemporary" can mean that there is any overlap at all in your lifespan, or that you are approximately the same age or are working during the same ...
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