CliveIf I had had a little bit more money, my new building would have been built by tomorrow. Now, it won’t have been built by tomorrow.
. . . can you please tell me why it has to be ‘if I had had a bit more..’ not ‘if I have a bit more...’? The point is that at some time in the past you didn't have enough money. If someone gave you $100 million today, your building still wouldn't be built by tomorrow. The amount of money you have today is irrelevant.
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I had a plan
ningto finish my assignment by next week. But Sarah called me yesterday to visit her and insistedby insisting me.I wasted the whole day with her. If I hadn’t visited her, my project would have been finished by next Monday. And after I would have finished my project, I would be going to Paris with my mom. Now, all that is not happening anymore. This is OK. But the more you talk about these things that aren't going to happen, the hzrder it gets for the reader to follow your meaning.Would you mind checking this as well? Also can we also use ‘would’ve been doing’ form for future? I couldn’t think of a situation where I can use it. Would you mind giving me an example with context where such sentence structure can be used? eg If I hadn't broken my leg yesterday, I would've been doing my gymnastics class tomorrow instead of sitting with my leg in a cast.
Clive
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Thank you so much for the explanation and taking your time.
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