Didn't hadn't
Taken from a movie subtitle.
None of this ever would have happened, if you didn't try to single handedly take on a frickin army.
Here Drax called the Ronan's army with the intent to kill them and Ronan because Ronan killed Drax's family. After he got failed Rocket came and says that sentence.
I thought "would have" is only pairs up with "had" like - None of this ever would've happened if you hadn't tried to take on a frickin army.
But he said "didn't" is that because Drax's failure time and Rocket's saying time have small difference like 1 hour or so.
I may not have been understandable, but I tried.
Top answer
You're right, properly it should be "hadn't tried". Some speakers cannot manage the complexity of the past perfect tense, so they get by just using the simple past.
- You're right, properly it should be "hadn't tried".
- Some speakers cannot manage the complexity of the past perfect tense, so they get by just using the simple past.
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You're right, properly it should be "hadn't tried". Some speakers cannot manage the complexity of the past perfect tense, so they get by just using the simple past.
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