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Boomkack Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

is this correct

"if i had said the money is there, would you go there and get it?"
  

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" No. It's not correct. You are mixing different verb tenses incorrectly.

— CalifJim

  • " No.
  • It's not correct.
  • You are mixing different verb tenses incorrectly.
  • You can correct your sentence in two ways.
  • If I said the money was there, would you go there and get it?
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boomkack"if I had said the money is there, would you go there and get it?"
No. It's not correct. You are mixing different verb tenses incorrectly. You can correct your sentence in two ways.

If I said the money was there, would you go there and get it?
If I had said the money was there, would you have g
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thanks for the answer!
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You can use the mixed conditional as well.

If I had said the money was there, would you go there and get it?

Hamid
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are you sure, the other member said you can't
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boomkackare you sure, the other member said you can't
If I had said the money was there, would you go there and get it?

It's theoretically correct, but it doesn't make sense to me.

I hadn't thought of this unusual possibility when I answered the question. If people used it, and I doubt there are many that would, it would mean
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