Confusion.
I picked up the money that was on the ground. If I didn’t pick it up, he would.
I picked up the money that was on the ground. If I hadn’t picked it up, he would have.
Do they mean the same and if not, what’s the difference between them? Thank you.
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anonymous I picked up the money that was on the ground. If I hadn’t picked it up, he would have. Only the above version is correct.
- anonymous I picked up the money that was on the ground.
- If I hadn’t picked it up, he would have.
- Only the above version is correct.
- CB
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anonymousI picked up the money that was on the ground. If I hadn’t picked it up, he would have.
Only the above version is correct.
CB
0Agree. Only 2 is correct.
It's an issue.with 2nd conditional and negation.
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_2_negation.htmtinal negation.
BUT:
"I knew that if I didn't (do it), he would."
0It's a good question.
The modal "would" is used in many ways! The problem is that in the first example there is hypothetical prediction (but not a hypothetical conditional).
(see #2 at this link
https://www.grammar.cl/english/would.htm )
[The other example combines use of a
0anonymousthe money that was on the ground
In your mini-narrative the money has already been retrieved from its position on the ground, so it's too late to say that if you didn't pick it up, he would (pick it up).
If instead you were talking about an imagined situation where the two of you might come across some money on the ground some day, and you we
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