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Denver Dan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
If Conditional
Hi there! maybe, someone could help me in this. "The stabber would not have been in the crime scene if he didn't have the bravado that the accompaniment of the four other young teens gave him" Grammar says that would + present perfect should be accompanied by past perfect in the If clause but with the above mentioned example, would+ present perfect is with simple past. Though i find it to be correct, I couldn't help but wonder. thanks. I'd appreciate any help.
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That past tense there is almost standard in American English, but a careful writer will still use the past perfect, American though he be. I call it informal and incorrect in writing, but so common in speech as to be acceptable.
- That past tense there is almost standard in American English, but a careful writer will still use the past perfect, American though he be.
- I call it informal and incorrect in writing, but so common in speech as to be acceptable.
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That past tense there is almost standard in American English, but a careful writer will still use the past perfect, American though he be. I call it informal and incorrect in writing, but so common in speech as to be acceptable.
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