By Mixed conditionals, Past perfect

, (then) ... would have ... UNREAL, COUNTERFACTUAL *The past is sometimes called the past subjunctive in this position. Only the verb to be has a special form (were in all persons and numbers) in this position.Other combinations of tenses in these kinds of if patterns have no...

Hi Manisha,When we would like to relate a failure in the past to an ongoing activity that is still considered unfulfilled today, we can use a mixed conditional statement in which one relates a present unreal condition (i.e. verb in the simple past - TYPE II conditional ) to a past unreal /...

In the past, if you wanted to eat Japanese food, you would have had to go to Japan but now, you can find Japanese restaurants all around the world, from New York to Istanbul or Sydney. Is such a structure possible in the English L language?Yes. This structure is called a mixed...

Actually it is the right way of saying it! There's something called MIXED conditionals, and "if i were in your shoes, i would've killed him" is a perfect example. Type 2 Conditional, as Conchita57 meantioned, refers to an unreal situation in the present/future. So when you say "if i were...

Conchita57 wrote:This is not the usual combination of tenses in conditional sentences. You could say either:'If I were in your shoes, I would kill him' (unreal situation in the present/future)or:'If I had been in your shoes, I would have killed him' (unreal situation in the past). Actually it...

Thank you all for answering my post. The problem I see is NOT the contrast beween rules and exceptions, or between grammar and spoken language, BUT, basically, the lack of unanimity on what is correct and what is wrong. After Marius' and Tam's examples, it was pretty clear that the structure...

Thank you, Tam, for the effort you made to try to let me understand this structure. However ... Tam Sadek wrote: Perhaps this example using the Past Perfect/Past Simple will make it clearer. "We arrived late because our plane had been delayed" versus "We arrived late because our plane was...

Hi Tanit, The whole mystery behind these mixed conditionals is merely context from the real life situation. As you probably know the Past Perfect is a last resort for native speakers in conversation as it can usually be avoided by using the Past Simple linked to the fact that everyone involved...

Hello Anon 1. are "past perfect + simple conditional" forms allowed too? In some contexts, e.g. 'If I hadn't killed her puppy, I would stop and talk to her'. 2. If I had the time, I would be talking to her. Yes, this structure is fine – where it makes sense, of course. 3. If I weren't being...

Thank you both for the reply. I know "past perfect + conditional progressive" forms such as the following are grammatically correct. If I had had time, I would be talking to her now. But are "past perfect + simple conditional" forms allowed too? If I had had time, I would talk...