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EverestCTS Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Are these sentences correct?

A: If you had asked me to tell you whose fault it was, it would have been Jake's fault.

B: If you had asked me the question yesterday, I wouldn’t have known the answer.


Are these sentences correct?

  

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EverestCTS If you had asked me to tell you whose fault it was, it would have been Jake's fault. No. This means he didn't ask you and it wasn't Jake's fault.

— Persian Learner

  • EverestCTS If you had asked me to tell you whose fault it was, it would have been Jake's fault.
  • No.
  • This means he didn't ask you and it wasn't Jake's fault.
  • EverestCTS If you had asked me the question yesterday, I wouldn’t have known the answer.
  • EverestCTS If you had asked me the question yesterday, I wouldn’t have known the answer.
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EverestCTSIf you had asked me to tell you whose fault it was, it would have been Jake's fault.

No.

This means he didn't ask you and it wasn't Jake's fault.



EverestCTSIf you had asked me the question yesterday, I wouldn’t have known the answer.
EverestCTSIf you had aske
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EverestCTSA: If you had asked me to tell you whose fault it was, it would have been Jake's fault.

This is badly formed. Persian Learner is correct in that the sentence does imply that "A" was not asked. That's the whole point of the third conditional. It talks about imaginary/unreal situations in the past. However, the sentence should be something like:

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