Tom had helped me vs Tom helped me.
Dear all,
I saw the following sentence in a grammar book. I think it is a third conditional sentence, and therefore should be corrected as "Fortunately, Tom 'had' helped me; otherwise, I'd have had to sell my car". I'd like to get your opinion on this.
"Fortunately, Tom helped me; otherwise, I'd have had to sell my car".
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I'd try. In my opinion, the sentence is correct as it is. Because in the third conditional , we use "If" conditional".
- I'd try.
- In my opinion, the sentence is correct as it is.
- Because in the third conditional , we use "If" conditional".
- That's why they added the term "conditional" to the name of the rule.
- The structure of the third conditional is as follows: If + past perfect , would/could have + past participle If you want to change the sentence into the third conditional, then it will be as follows: -If Tom hadn't helped me, I would have had to sell my car.
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I'd try.
In my opinion, the sentence is correct as it is. Because in the third conditional, we use "If" conditional". That's why they added the term "conditional" to the name of the rule.
The structure of the third conditional is as follows:
If + past perfect , would/could
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