Third conditional and mixed conditionals.
I found the following sentence on a movie. What I cannot understand is why they have used "would" in the hypothetical result clause instead of "would have". What I mean, though it should be a third conditional statement according to the context of the movie, it seems as though it is a mixed conditional. Anyway, they were talking about a past hypothetical result of a past hypothetical action which did not occur.
If Conall hadn't found her, she would be dead.
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dileepa mixed conditional Exactly. If Conall hadn't found her ( then ; but he did find her), she would be dead ( now ; but she isn't dead; she's alive). In short: IF not past event THEN not present state .
- dileepa mixed conditional Exactly.
- If Conall hadn't found her ( then ; but he did find her), she would be dead ( now ; but she isn't dead; she's alive).
- In short: IF not past event THEN not present state .
- In contrast, this one is not a mixed conditional: If Conall hadn't found her ( then ; but he did find her), she would have died ( then ; but she didn't die).
- In short: IF not past event THEN not past event .
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dileepamixed conditional
Exactly.
If Conall hadn't found her (then; but he did find her), she would be dead (now; but she isn't dead; she's alive).
In short: IF not past event THEN not present state.
In contrast, this one is not a mixed conditional:
If Conall hadn't found her (then; but he did find h
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