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Car paint 127 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Conditionals, Tenses

Hi everyone, could you give me some advice?I wonder which tense I have to use after conditionals .. for example:If you had got in touch with me, you would have known that I (were /had been) at hospital.
  

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If you want to point out that the other person didn't get in touch while you were at the hospital, use this: If you had got in touch with me, you would have known that I was at the hospital / in hospital. If you want to point out that the other person didn't get in touch after you had been at the hospital, use this: If you had got in touch with me, you would have known that I had been at the hospital / in hospital. "in hospital" means that you were staying there over several days to receive treatment.

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  • If you want to point out that the other person didn't get in touch while you were at the hospital, use this: If you had got in touch with me, you would have known that I was at the hospital / in hospital.
  • If you want to point out that the other person didn't get in touch after you had been at the hospital, use this: If you had got in touch with me, you would have known that I had been at the hospital / in hospital.
  • "in hospital" means that you were staying there over several days to receive treatment.
  • "at the hospital" means that you were there for some shorter medical procedure, or for some other business.
  • "at hospital" is not correct.
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If you want to point out that the other person didn't get in touch while you were at the hospital, use this:

If you had got in touch with me, you would have known that I was at the hospital / in hospital.

If you want to point out that the other person didn't get in touch after you had been at the hospital, use this:

If you had got in touch with

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