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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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I have this habbit of using "would have been" and I find it quite a long phrase to use it while speaking. I want to find out alternatives of using it .
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It would have been better if I would have travelled by train not by bus.
It would have been better if this film would not have been B & W
Examples .
It would have been better if I would have travelled by train not by bus.
It would have been better if this film would not have been B & W
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Anonymous I have this hab b it of using "would have been" and I find it quite a long phrase to use it while speaking. Not really, if your intent was to express regret or counter-factual but you must use it in the correct 3rd conditional construction. Anonymous It would have been better if I had would have travelled by train , not by bus.
- Anonymous I have this hab b it of using "would have been" and I find it quite a long phrase to use it while speaking.
- Not really, if your intent was to express regret or counter-factual but you must use it in the correct 3rd conditional construction.
- Anonymous It would have been better if I had would have travelled by train , not by bus.
- Ok as revised.
- The proper 3rd conditional should be: [would have + past participle] + [ had + past participle]
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AnonymousI have this habbit of using "would have been" and I find it quite a long phrase to use it while speaking.Not really, if your intent was to express regret or counter-factual but you must use it in the correct 3rd conditional construction.
AnonymousIt would have been better if I had
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