If something like that happened or had happened
Hi,
My friend and I were talking about a famous runner who was involved in a car accident but later made a comeback despite sustaining multiple injuries.
“If that had happened to me, I’d have probably hung up my running shoes.”
“If that happened to me, I’d probably hang up my running shoes.”
Are both options possible?
I feel like the first one implies that I’m puttintg myself in the situation when the accident actually occurred, which was in the past. The second one refers to what I’d do if it ever happened to me in the present or the future.
Thank you.
Top answer
Ann225 Are both options possible? Yes. I might put "probably" before "have hung", but your version is perfectly possible.
- Ann225 Are both options possible?
- Yes.
- I might put "probably" before "have hung", but your version is perfectly possible.
- Ann225 I feel like the first one implies that I’m puttintg myself in the situation when the accident actually occurred, which was in the past.
- The second one refers to what I’d do if it ever happened to me in the present or the future.
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Ann225Are both options possible?
Yes. I might put "probably" before "have hung", but your version is perfectly possible.
Ann225I feel like the first one implies that I’m puttintg myself in the situation when the accident actually occurred, which was in the past. The second one refers to what I’d do if it ever happened to me in th
0Ann225“If that had happened to me, I’d have probably hung up my running shoes.”
“If that happened to me, I’d probably hang up my running shoes.”
Are both options possible?
Yes.
[The canonical position of the adverb 'probably' is after "I'd", but what you have is not wrong.]
Ann225I feel like the first on
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