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The short answer is that if you're talking about not having done something for a certain period of time, use the present perfect after since , and if you're talking about what you did some time ago , use the simple past. ___________ The long answer. If the meaning is I have not...

If I weren't interested in football I wouldn't have minded watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening. The "Type 1 Conditional" form is: If I am not interested in football, I won't mind watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening. (Note that the future "won't" and the past...