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Olive bee Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Conditionals/ Future in the Past

Can I ignore Perfect form after "would" in the middle of the following sentence:

If I had known (then) that it would make you disappointed, I wouldn't have said you about it.

  

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olive bee If I had known (then) that it would make you disappointed, I wouldn't have told you about it. It is fine as it stands; you should not use the perfect form in the given context.

— Persian Learner

  • olive bee If I had known (then) that it would make you disappointed, I wouldn't have told you about it.
  • It is fine as it stands; you should not use the perfect form in the given context.
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olive beeIf I had known (then) that it would make you disappointed, I wouldn't have told you about it.

It is fine as it stands; you should not use the perfect form in the given context.

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olive bee

Can I ignore Perfect form after "would" in the middle of the following sentence:

If I had known (then) that it would make you disappointed, I wouldn't have said you about it.

There is no perfect form after the underlined "would". How can you ignore something that is not there? In any case, please don't add a perfect for

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