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Mchiicha Posted 13 years ago
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" If I had known I would have told you"
" If I had known I would have told you"
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" If I had known I would have told you" 'had known' is the past perfect tense of 'know'. 'would have told' is a modal perfect tense of 'tell'. Some people call this tense with 'would have' a past conditional tense.
- " If I had known I would have told you" 'had known' is the past perfect tense of 'know'.
- 'would have told' is a modal perfect tense of 'tell'.
- Some people call this tense with 'would have' a past conditional tense.
- Both constructions are in the past, more specifically, an imaginary past (because of the 'if').
- This is called a counterfactual because it is contrary to the facts.
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mchiicha wich time is this sentence?" If I had known I would have told you"'had known' is the past perfect tense of 'know'.
'would have told' is a modal perfect tense of 'tell'. Some people call this tense with 'would have' a past conditional tense.
Both constructions are in the past, more specifically, an imaginary past (because of the 'if').
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