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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Ramadan imtiyazCan 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