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Vkr6078 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

"I should have done this when I was/had been there."

Do we need to apply 'if' conditionals to 'when' also?
  

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vkr6078 Do we need to apply 'if' conditionals to 'when' also? No. I should have done this when I was there.

— Xerxes

  • vkr6078 Do we need to apply 'if' conditionals to 'when' also?
  • No.
  • I should have done this when I was there.
  • You were there, so you would not be using the past perfect after "when".
  • Where you might use the past perfect in your example above is if you have two different points in the past.
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vkr6078Do we need to apply 'if' conditionals to 'when' also?
No.
I should have done this when I was there.
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I should have done this when I was there.
Had been there won't work in this sentence.
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vkr6078Do we need to apply 'if' conditionals to 'when' also?
Not always. Certainly not in this case.

CJ
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vkr6078"I should have done this when I was/had been there."Do we need to apply 'if' conditionals to 'when' also?
No. It's a statement about unfullfield action in the past.
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