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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
If-conditional Clauses
Hi everyone! Maybe someone could help me on this. "The stabber would not have been in the place of the crime if he didn't have the bravado that the accompaniment of the other four young teens gave him." I don't exactly remember the text but I want to ask about the pattern used for the If condition. In Azar's the use of "would+present perfect is accompanied by "Subject+past perfect but in the aforementioned example, would+present perfect is followed by simple past in the If clause. Though I find it to be correct, the question "why" lingers in me. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks a lot.
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He would not have been in the place of the crime if he didn't ( as a permanent characteristic ) have the bravado . In fact he does have that bravado. He would not have been in the place of the crime if he hadn't had ( at the time of the crime ) the bravado ..
- He would not have been in the place of the crime if he didn't ( as a permanent characteristic ) have the bravado .
- In fact he does have that bravado.
- He would not have been in the place of the crime if he hadn't had ( at the time of the crime ) the bravado ..
- In fact he did have that bravado.
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He would not have been in the place of the crime if he didn't (as a permanent characteristic) have the bravado ... In fact he does have that bravado.
He would not have been in the place of the crime if he hadn't had (at the time of the crime) the bravado .... In fact he did have that bravado.
He would not have been in the place of the crime if he hadn't had (at the time of the crime) the bravado .... In fact he did have that bravado.
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