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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

It would have/had been okay, if it were you.

Which of the following sentences is correct?

1: It would have been okay, if it were you.

2: It would had been okay, if it were you.
  

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If you mean the present: Yesterday I drank too much vodka. I would feel much better (now) if it had been wine. As to your second sentence, "would had been" is certainly wrong, while your #1 requires a context to decide whether it is correct.

  • If you mean the present: Yesterday I drank too much vodka.
  • I would feel much better (now) if it had been wine.
  • As to your second sentence, "would had been" is certainly wrong, while your #1 requires a context to decide whether it is correct.
  • It might be some kind of mixed conditional, like: I would have told you if you were a policeman!
  • Non-mixed: It would have been OK (yesterday) if I hadn't drunk vodka (the day before yesterday).
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If you mean the present:

Yesterday I drank too much vodka. I would feel much better (now) if it had been wine.

As to your second sentence, "would had been" is certainly wrong, while your #1 requires a context to decide whether it is correct. It might be some kind of mixed conditional, like:

I would have told you if you were a policeman!

Non-mixed:
It would
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Ant_222If you mean the present: Yesterday I drank too much vodka. I would feel much better (now) if it had been wine. As to your sentence, "would had been" is certainly wrong, while your #1 requires a context to decide whether it is correct. It would have been OK (yesterday) if I hadn't drunk vodka (the day before yesterday).
Context:

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With this context: «You didn't tell me that it was your friend who needed help. Man, I cannot help him. I hate him and you know it. It would have/had been okay, if it were you. I would happily help you.»

I think you're right.

If you didn't help him in the past, that's the way to express it, I mean "would have been".

As I said, "would had been" is never OK.

The
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Jackson6612You didn't tell me that it was your friend who needed help. Man, I cannot help him. I hate him and you know it. It would have/had been okay, if it were you. I would happily help you.
You didn't tell me that it is/was your friend who needs/needed help. Man, I cannot h
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KooyeenYou didn't tell me that it was your friend who needed help. Man, I hate him and you know it. I wouldn't have done that if I had known it was not for you. It would have been okay, if it was/had been you who needed help. I would happily have helped you. <--- in a context where th
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Jackson,

The modals are can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, and must.

The bare infinitive of to have is have -- not has or had or having.

All modals must be followed by a bare infinitive.

You should now be able to answer your own question very easily.

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Jacksoon:

Hope, you don't mind if I try to help.

«Don't you think red and brown statements are in contradiction to each other? The red statements tell that help was received, while the brown statements point out that help wasn't received.»

«You didn't tell me that it was your friend who needed help. Man, I hate him and you know it. I wouldn't have done that if I had kno
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CalifJimJackson,

The modals are can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, and must.

The bare infinitive of to have is have -- not has or had or having.

All modals must be followed by a bare infinitive.

You should now be able to answer your own question very easily.
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I get you[r] point, therefore would have been is the correct expression.
Excellent! Emotion: smile
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would had
doesn't exist in good English, IMO

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