Mixed conditional?
If each stripe melted in about an hour, about three hours would have passed when three stripes melted.
I'd like to know whether the sentence is a mixed conditional type or not?
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IF clause present — First conditional past — Second conditional past perfect — Third conditional Main clause present or imperative — First conditional WILL ____ — First conditional WOULD ____ — Second conditional WOULD HAVE ____ — Third conditional If the two clauses of a conditional construction do not both belong to the same kind of conditional, it is a mixed conditional. anonymous If each stripe melted in about an hour IF clause — past — Second conditional. anonymous about three hours would have passed when three stripes melted.
- IF clause present — First conditional past — Second conditional past perfect — Third conditional Main clause present or imperative — First conditional WILL ____ — First conditional WOULD ____ — Second conditional WOULD HAVE ____ — Third conditional If the two clauses of a conditional construction do not both belong to the same kind of conditional, it is a mixed conditional.
- anonymous If each stripe melted in about an hour IF clause — past — Second conditional.
- anonymous about three hours would have passed when three stripes melted.
- Main clause — WOULD HAVE _____ — Third conditional.
- anonymous I'd like to know whether the sentence is a mixed conditional type or not?
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IF clause
present — First conditional
past — Second conditional
past perfect — Third conditional
Main clause
present or imperative — First conditional
WILL ____ — First conditional
WOULD ____ — Second conditional
WOULD HAVE ____ — Third conditional
If the two clauses of a conditional construction do not both belong to the same
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