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Dileepa Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

How to combine third conditionals, when and "I think"

I would really appreciate it if someone could provide me with some feedback on the following sentence as I used third conditional, when and "I think" together which is not precisely sure.


For example, if there had been adequate facilities in the reception area when the customer came last week, I do not think, he would have complained about it and decided to find another technical partner instead of us.

  

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In respect of your main point, the sentence is OK. The comma after "think" is incorrect and should be deleted. What do you understand or intend "it" to refer to?

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  • In respect of your main point, the sentence is OK.
  • The comma after "think" is incorrect and should be deleted.
  • What do you understand or intend "it" to refer to?
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In respect of your main point, the sentence is OK.

The comma after "think" is incorrect and should be deleted.

What do you understand or intend "it" to refer to?

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Everything else in the sentence is within the scope of the "I think", the negation having been transferred to the main clause as "I do not think", so the whole third conditional is intact as "if there had been ..., he would not have complained ...", which has the standard tenses for a third conditional, so you're OK on that. The sentence is fine.

Here's what I mean by that:

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