The second version is correct. The 15-year period during which you didn't see them occurred before your meeting. "I met" is already past tense, so the past perfect ("I hadn't seen") is necessary to step further back in

A past tense in a if -clause accompanied by a main clause with would is considered a conditional sentence, specifically a "second" conditional. That use of the past tense is considered a use of subjunctive mood, by the way. Maybe

No. More likely because my brain is just too tired tonight to work out who did what to whom when or would do what to whom before when or after when. All I get from ditched is ditched in the past tense. I may not have explained it very

You mean because you think the friend is bound to be offended at being ditched? LOL. No. More likely because my brain is just too tired tonight to work out who did what to whom when or would do what to whom before when or after when. All I get

Can you explain, if possible, why the past tense is OK in your rewrite, when it is not in the past that I would ditch him, but it is in the future/about to happen? A past tense in a if -clause accompanied by a main clause with would is considered

If you intend a hypothetical future action, then the past simple is not acceptable. You need something more like this: I'll drive to your place later if my friend isn't offended when I ditch him. The sentence doesn't make a

I will drive to yours your place later if my friend isn't offended that I ditched him. ... Why is the past simple acceptable here in bold, even though it is a hypothetical, future action? If you intend a hypothetical future action, then the

I will drive to yours later if my friend isn't offended that I ditched him. I'm sorry that I've asked this question already, but I wasn't provided with a much needed explanation. Why is the past simple acceptable here

In my opinion this question is most likely to be asked using the simple future. What will you be in ten years? The future perfect is often used when you want to express how much/many of something has been completed by a point in time

Can I use past tense and present tense in the same sentence? Yes, you can. When a sentence has both a past tense and a present tense, it is often incorrect. But it is possible for a logical sentence to have both the past and the