would not have/would not had

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Is this sentence correct - 1) I would not had done this.if yes how does it differ from i would not have done this.tarun

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

#1 is incorrect.

Anonymous · Answer

1) I wouldn't have done this
2) I wouldn't had done this.

maybe I'm wrong, but in this particular case I think both mean the same

Nona the brit · Answer

Only 1 is correct.

2 is ungrammatical.

Mister Micawber · Answer

There is no such form in English, Anon. The conditionals are:

I. If I am smart, I won't do that.
II. If I were smart, I wouldn't do that.
III. If I had been smart, I wouldn't have done that.

We can step no farther into the past or the hypothetical than that.

Anonymous · Answer

and is it possible to use "would have" at the begining of a sentence?, for example:

If I would have been smart I wouldn't have done that.
If I would have had money I wouldn't have done that.

Marius Hancu · Answer

Anonymousand is it possible to use "would have" at the begining of a sentence?, for example:

If I would have been smart I wouldn't have done that.
If I would have had money I wouldn't have done that.

No, that's a no-no in standard English.

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would have for had. In spoken English, there is a growing tendency to use would have in place of the subjunctive had in contrary-to-fact clauses, such as If she would have (instead of if she had) only listened to me, this would never have happened. But this usage is still widely considered an error in writing. Only 14 percent of the Usage Panel accepts it in the previously cited sentence, and a similar amount—but 16 percent—accepts it in the sentence I wish you would have told me about this sooner.

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html
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Anonymous · Answer

"i wouldnt have done this" means that you would not do . So the time you talking do not relate to the incident's time

But the second sentence says that the incident's time and the time you arew talking are the same.

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