Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Conditionals with past expressions
All of a sudden, I was wondering if words such as ago, in the past and so on can be used with conditionals?
For example,
If I had met you, I would have asked the question yesterday.
I should have slept earlier last night.
I would have studied English harder when I was a student.
So my question is that would / could / might have p.p can be used with expressions referring to the past such as yesterday, last night, ago, etc?
Thank you all so much as always and have a good day.
For example,
If I had met you, I would have asked the question yesterday.
I should have slept earlier last night.
I would have studied English harder when I was a student.
So my question is that would / could / might have p.p can be used with expressions referring to the past such as yesterday, last night, ago, etc?
Thank you all so much as always and have a good day.
Top answer
Yes, there is no problem with those combinations. " aspect.
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Yes, there is no problem with those combinations. As far as your specific examples are concerned, "I should have slept earlier" is kind of odd (probably you mean "I should have gone to bed earlier"), and "I would have studied English harder when I was a student" feels a bit incomplete without some context to provide an "if..." or "but..." aspect.
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The third conditional relates to an untrue condition in the past. All adverbs telling us when in the past are possible.
If I had started studying English when I was a child, I would be a fluent speaker now.
If she had gone to bed at a decent hour last night, she would not be yawning this afternoon.
If the army had built a high defensive wall five years ago, the city would not have
If I had started studying English when I was a child, I would be a fluent speaker now.
If she had gone to bed at a decent hour last night, she would not be yawning this afternoon.
If the army had built a high defensive wall five years ago, the city would not have
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