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Fattyshank Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Is that sentence correct?
Greetings.
I've found some sentence and would like to know if it's a correct one. Here it is:
Many thanks.
I've found some sentence and would like to know if it's a correct one. Here it is:
If I started teaching myself bass aged 15, would I have started too late to ever make it in a band?
I don't quite understand why it's used with "would have started"? Maybe it should be "have I started too late to.."?Many thanks.
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Hi, If I had taught myself to play the bass guitar when I was 15, would it have been too late for me to succeed in a band? You should use the third conditional sentence. Regards
- Hi, If I had taught myself to play the bass guitar when I was 15, would it have been too late for me to succeed in a band?
- You should use the third conditional sentence.
- Regards
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Hi,
If I had taught myself to play the bass guitar when I was 15, would it have been too late for me to succeed in a band? You should use the third conditional sentence.
Regards
If I had taught myself to play the bass guitar when I was 15, would it have been too late for me to succeed in a band? You should use the third conditional sentence.
Regards
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Thank you. But there's one thing I'd like to clarify: Can we use would have + ed only with if I had done smth? And we can't use that construction with the past simple tense, right?
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