Grammatical error
"This approach will cause you to be more successful than you would have been had you employed the common practice of pretending to know more than you do."
I think there must be a grammatical error (see the underlined). I just don't understand what the writer is trying to say. Could anyone please paraphrase the sentence asap? I mean More successful than What?? I just don't follow from there. Thanks
Top answer
What is the source of the quoted sentence?
- What is the source of the quoted sentence?
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This approach will cause you to be more successful [than you would have been ] if you had employed the common practice of pretending to know more than you do.
The underlined section contained an inverted had-clause. This is the same as a regular (non-inverted) if-clause. Here is an example. The two sentences below mean the same thing.
Had you left home earlier, you would not hav
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