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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Past tense, fall and fallen (Guest:Ashish)

Which one of these is a correct sentence for an event that has just occured:

1. I would have fallen off.
or
2. I would have fell off.
  

Top answer

The second is definitely wrong. You could also write: I might have fallen off had it not been for.. or I could have fallen off ..

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10 Answers

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The second is definitely wrong.

You could also write:

I might have fallen off had it not been for..
or
I could have fallen off ..
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FALL, FELL, FALLEN: go down
FEEL, FELT, FELT: --
FELL, FELLED, FELLED: cut down (a tree etc.)
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0i would have fall off0-
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00No, you need to say01i00 I would have 01u01b00fallen 02b02u00off.02i02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0I would have fallen 0-
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00fell 0-
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10No, I'm sorry. Please see the prior posts which make it clear that it's 11i10would have fallen12i10.12br
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10Also, please note that the original post is from 2003, and the original poster is
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"i would have fallen off" is the right answer.....
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