Conditional type
If each stripe melted in about an hour, about three hours would have passed when three stripes melt.
What type of conditional is it? I did not find the type of "If past tense, would have perfect".
Top answer
It's called mixed conditional.
- It's called mixed conditional.
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Your sentence doesn't come across as correct.
However, the pattern "If past tense, would have p.p" is a mixed conditional.
e.g. If I had enough money, I would have bought that luxury car yesterday.
That implies that you still (at the time of your speech) don't have enough money if even given the chance again.
0I interpret it as a zero-conditional (general truth statement) set in the past, followed by a conditional future perfect. It is not an unreal condition.
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