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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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She would not have to enter the house through the bedroom window were the keys where they were supposed to be.

Is the previous sentence correct or not ? Do I have to use the 3rd conditional or are the 2nd and 3rd both correct ?
  

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Anonymous Is the previous sentence correct or not ? It's not quite right to my ear. I think you want the third conditional.

  • Anonymous Is the previous sentence correct or not ?
  • It's not quite right to my ear.
  • I think you want the third conditional.
  • She would not have had to enter the house through the bedroom window if the keys had been where they were supposed to be.
  • As written above it means that she had to enter the house through the bedroom window because the keys were not where they were supposed to be.
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AnonymousIs the previous sentence correct or not ?
It's not quite right to my ear. I think you want the third conditional.

She would not have had to enter the house through the bedroom window
if the keys had been where they were supposed to be.

As written above it means that she had to enter the house through the bedroom w

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