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Ramadan imtiyaz Posted 9 years ago
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Can I use ''Can't help'' in this way: 'Martha told Roy, 'If I were in your place, I could not have helped laughing at the sight.'

  

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' Yes, that's used, though to be completely correct, we would have If I had been in your place, I could not have helped laughing at the sight. CJ

  • ' Yes, that's used, though to be completely correct, we would have If I had been in your place, I could not have helped laughing at the sight.
  • CJ
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Ramadan imtiyaz

Can I use ''Can't help'' in this way: 'Martha told Roy, 'If I were in your place, I could not have helped laughing at the sight.'

Yes, that's used, though to be completely correct, we would have

If I had been in your place, I could not have helped laughing at the sight.

CJ

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