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Lunchbox Posted 20 years ago
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If Katie hadn't been walking by a meth lab, she would be alive today.


Why did they have it as "hadn't been"? What is the later past action here? Or is this one of those "If conditional" sentences?

Thanks a lot!

  

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It's one of those conditional sentences, yes! It's a contrary-to-fact situation. If she hadn't been walking there implies she was walking there.

— CalifJim

  • It's one of those conditional sentences, yes!
  • It's a contrary-to-fact situation.
  • If she hadn't been walking there implies she was walking there.
  • That's why she was killed.
  • CJ
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It's one of those conditional sentences, yes!
It's a contrary-to-fact situation. If she hadn't been walking there implies she was walking there. That's why she was killed.

CJ
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