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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Difference between would and would have

In the following sentence how will the meaning of the sentence change just by replacing the word "would" with "would have" : "It would/would have been better if you had mentioned the usage of the idioms along with the meaning."I often get confused with the difference between them.
Can we use "would" twice in a sentence that has "had"?
Thanks in advance!
  

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" This is a 3rd conditional sentence. The correct structure is " Subject+ would + have been + if + had + past participle". I would have thrown a couple of more steaks on the BBQ if you had told me you were coming.

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  • " This is a 3rd conditional sentence.
  • The correct structure is " Subject+ would + have been + if + had + past participle".
  • I would have thrown a couple of more steaks on the BBQ if you had told me you were coming.
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fatimah0786 "It would/would have been better if you had mentioned the use usage of the idioms along with the meaning."
This is a 3rd conditional sentence. The correct structure is " Subject+ would + have been + if + had + past participle".
I would have thrown
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Why in the given sentence the word use and not usage should be used?I know that it is a conditional sentence but my main question isn't about that.I wanted to know whether in a conditional sentence 1.we can use would twice and 2.whether the meaning changes when we replace it with would have.Hope I was able to clarify.
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fatimah0786Why in the given sentence the word use and not usage should be used?I know that it is a conditional sentence but my main question isn't about that.I wanted to know whether in a conditional sentence 1.we can use would twice and 2.whether the meaning changes when we replace it with would have.Hope I was able to clarify.
1. How do you propose using "wo
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Iam not talking about just this sentence I meant whether in a certain conditional sentence is it grammatically possible to use would twice to talk about two consequences.
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fatimah0786is it grammatically possible to use would twice to talk about two consequences.
You mean something like this?

If it rains and the game is cancelled, John would be sad and Jenny would be happy.

Yes.
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Please do not post the same question in two different threads. It is not polite.
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Yes, I meant the same but I also wanted to know whether we can use had also in a similar sentence structure.
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fatimah0786Yes, I meant the same but I also wanted to know whether we can use had also in a similar sentence structure.
Your questions are not clear enough. We try to guess what the real question is. Do you mean something like this?

Had it rained and (had) the game been cancelled, John would be sad and Jenny would be happy.

Thi
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yes, you are right.This was what I wanted to ask.
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