Difference between using two tenses before unless
"Our director would have never signed a contract unless she had had a lawyer present"?
I think the first one is not correct(has no good meaning or usage) though, but I'm not sure.
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The first sentence isn't right as it stands. " Perhaps the second sentence can be grammatically justified, but "Our director would have never signed a contract without a lawyer present " seems an easier and better way to say it. Having made that correction, the first sentence is a statement of fact.
- The first sentence isn't right as it stands.
- " Perhaps the second sentence can be grammatically justified, but "Our director would have never signed a contract without a lawyer present " seems an easier and better way to say it.
- Having made that correction, the first sentence is a statement of fact.
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- a knowledge of the director's usual working practices).
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The first sentence isn't right as it stands. This would be correct: "Our director never signed a contract unless she had a lawyer present." Perhaps the second sentence can be grammatically justified, but "Our director would have never signed a contract without a lawyer present" seems an easier and better way to say it.
Having made that correction, the first sentence is a st
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