What is the meaning of "if would have"
I found the following sentence on a video. Though, it was a casual conversation, they were native English speakers. What I cannot understand is what type of conditional statement this is. I mean is this a third conditional one?
What if I would've got something?
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Native speakers frequently make the mistake of substituting "would have" for "had" in the if -clause of a third conditional. It is so widespread that many speakers imitate it, believing it's correct. Thus: What if I would've got something?
- Native speakers frequently make the mistake of substituting "would have" for "had" in the if -clause of a third conditional.
- It is so widespread that many speakers imitate it, believing it's correct.
- Thus: What if I would've got something?
- ~ What if I had got something?
- ~ What would have happened if I had got something?
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Native speakers frequently make the mistake of substituting "would have" for "had" in the if-clause of a third conditional. It is so widespread that many speakers imitate it, believing it's correct.
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