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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

If I were in your shoes, I would have killed him.

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0 Yes, but I prefer "had been in your shoes". 0-

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0 Yes, but I prefer "had been in your shoes". 0-
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0 This is not the usual combination of tenses in conditional sentences. You could say either:02br
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0 Hi everyone,02br
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01b00If I were in your shoes, I would have killed him - If I were you, I would have killed him02b02br
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00are perfectly fine, but for some reason, 01b00"If I had been you, I would have
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01cite10Bird Of Paradise12cite10 If i were.... and if i had been.... 12br
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00 Yes. "If I had been" establishes temporal precedence, "were" doesn't. 02br
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11cite20Bird Of Paradise22cite20 If i were.... and if i had been.... 22br
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10 Yes. "If I had been" establishes temporal precedence,
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00My take:02br
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00If I had been in your position, I would have fired him long time ago.02br
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00If I were in your position, I would fire him.02br
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00The difference to me is, the former implies a decision you would have made back in time, if ……02br
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0Let's say person A tells you, "He often misses deadlines and always absent from work without notice"02br
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00Would you tell A:02br
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001. If I were in your position, I would fire him.02br
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0 No doubt, # 1, because you are expressing your thought at the present in a hypethetical setting. 0-
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