Because in reality, he didn't have the time. So in order to express his regret, he used the past conditional. Wishful thinking: I wish I had a few more days in New York to spend with you. (But I am leaving tomorrow).

You definitely would not use "that" if you are referring to something that you know is fact. Hi, was there a mistake there? Did you mean "You definitely would not use IF"? Well, what I was saying is that I suspected that

http://tauntermedia.com/2009/07/28/unconscionable-math/ Unconscionable Math July 28, 2009 by Taunter The House hearings on rescission – the retroactive cancellation of individual health insurance policies – were over a month ago, but after its

Please, can you check my post about something similar to this problem? It's a conditional with the "would" + present perfect in the IF-clause, where we are to use past perfect. I commented at the other thread:

As far as I know, if we are looking that phrase in the aspect of conditionals, it should be like: It might remind you of your childhood if you had watched Disney's cartoon. (this is fine) It might have reminded you of your childhood if you had

It is 'incorrect' only in the regional English which you are prescribing I'm not defending a regional dialect of English. I'm pointing out the correct form of the 3rd conditional spoken throughout England and other English

One is simply in past tense, and the other in present (which is obvious, no?). However, both can be interpreted as meaning the same thing. If the employer was attempting to say that you must have your work finished before you can have a break,

My teacher gave me a Preparation Exercises for Final Exam. Real Conditionals: Present/Future Example: A father gives a babysitter this emergency number: 547-0986 Answer: If you need to reach us, call 547-0986. I will try to do these on my own.

Hi Anglista I must agree with Phil and say that it does seem that 'would have thought' is the appropriate Standard English, as it is the impossible conditional tense. The book may be by an American author or publisher, the rules of

Ok , I did more - ignore my first post , I edited. I was born in Puerto Rico. I moved to the USA when I was 10 years old. If I hadn't come to the U.S, I wouldn't have learned E nglish. I went to school and learned some E nglish. If I