0
Whatchadoin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Conditionals
If she saw me doing that, she would've killed me.
If she had seen me doing that, she would've killed me.
Why do some people use the third conditional as in the first example? Thanks.
If she had seen me doing that, she would've killed me.
Why do some people use the third conditional as in the first example? Thanks.
Top answer
whatchadoin Why do some people use the third conditional as in the first example? Thanks. Just because.
- whatchadoin Why do some people use the third conditional as in the first example?
- Thanks.
- Just because.
- Perhaps it's a regionalism, perhaps the speaker's friends speak that way, or maybe the speaker was not a native speaker, or a carelessness native speaker, or the speaker changed their mind about what they were going to say in the middle of the sentence.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
1 Answers
0
whatchadoinWhy do some people use the third conditional as in the first example? Thanks.Just because.
Perhaps it's a regionalism, perhaps the speaker's friends speak that way, or maybe the speaker was not a native speaker, or a carelessness native speaker, or the speaker changed their mind about what they were going to say in the middle of the sentence.
0
Related Questions