3rd conditional

lingotinghad you not told me, I would have gone tomorrow

As far as I'm concerned,I would rather use the mixed conditional which combines the second and the third conditional.
Because your sentence carries "tomorrow",it would be different.
examples:

• If you had driven more carefully,you

Hi everlastinghope

Thank you very much for your reply. What you said makes total sense to me. So, using third conditional tense for something that hasn't happened is definitely and always wrong?

If that's the case, why would my english-speaking colleagues make such a mistake.

May I ask another question,

Had they not cancelled the meeting, it'd have been tomo

Hi, Here is how I approach the questions about 3rd conditional. "had they not.." is another way of saying " If they had not" which is the base required to form the text book 3rd conditional. It always has a past connotation.

lingoting So, using third conditional tense for something that hasn't happened is definitely and always wrong?

Not true. In fact it is the

Hi Thanks for your input. May I ask the correct way of saying it?

Had they not cancelled the meeting, it'd be tomorrow?

Back to your example, what If I John told me the meeting was cancelled on Wednesday and I was going to book tickets on Friday, and today was Thursday? Would it be :

Had John not told me the meeting was cancelled, I'd be booking the hotel and flight tom

lingotingwhat If I John told me the meeting was cancelled on Wednesday and I was going to book tickets on Friday, and today was Thursday? Would it be :
Had John not told me the meeting was cancelled, I'd be booking the hotel and flight tomorrow? Then you need to say: If John didn't tell me the meet

Well, somehow my last reply didn't get posted. So I will do it again.

lingotingBack to your example, what If I John told me the meeting was cancelled on Wednesday and I was going to book tickets on Friday, and today was Thursday? Would it be :Had John not told me the meeting was cancelled, I'd be booking the hotel and

Hi Thank again for your reply.

dimsumexpress if you opted to use the 3rd conditional construction, then you should not mixed it with other conditional patterns,

how about mixed-conditional tense? abstracted from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm

dimsumexpressNot true. In fact it is the opposite. 3rd conditional is used to express counter-factual context. It would be correct, If you said: Had John not told me yesterday the meeting was cancelled in San Francisco, I would have booked the hotel and flight this morning. Facts: John did tell me the meeting had been cancelled and I didn't book the flight and hotel.

lingotingdimsumexpress if you opted to use the 3rd conditional construction, then you should not mixed it with other conditional patterns,

It's not matter of opting or not for the third conditional,but what matters is the meaning of the sentence.

lingotingIf + Past Perfect - would + inf.If you had warned me [then], I would not be in pri

everlastinghopeStill, Lingoting's sentence is correct.Look at the meaning of your both sentences.lingoting: John told me the meeting was cancelled,I am going to book the hotel....etcDimsumexpress: John tells me the meeting was cancelled,I am going to book the hotel...etcBut Lingoting s