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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
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Tricky conditional... If I found the hotel...

I was late to the hotel. The next day I was telling a friend the following:

a. If I found the hotel before 1pm, I would have been there on time.

b. If I had found the hotel before 1pm, I would have been there on time.

Which is correct and why?

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If I had found the hotel before 1 pm, I would have been there on time. ( something could not happen as a condition prior to that (makes past perfect an apt choice) did not get fulfilled. The pattern which an unfulfilled condition takes is past perfect in the if clause , and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause .

— Vsuresh

  • If I had found the hotel before 1 pm, I would have been there on time.
  • ( something could not happen as a condition prior to that (makes past perfect an apt choice) did not get fulfilled.
  • The pattern which an unfulfilled condition takes is past perfect in the if clause , and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause .
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If I had found the hotel before 1 pm, I would have been there on time.

( something could not happen as a condition prior to that (makes past perfect an apt choice) did not get fulfilled.
The pattern which an unfulfilled condition takes is past perfect in the if clause, and would/could/might + have +past participle in the main clause.
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