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Photon Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

If I knew about it earlier

(1) I could have helped out with the event if I knew about it earlier.
[From a blog. The writer is Japanese.]

(2) I could have helped out with the event if I had known about it earlier.

Question: In casual speech, is it OK to use (1) instead of (2)?

  

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Casually, yes.

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