Timeline for If conditional "didn't" vs "hadn't"
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| Mar 4, 2012 at 17:35 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I await that with interest! I'm sure there are different connotations/contexts, but I shan't bash my brains out on it unless and until I see your question! | |
| Mar 4, 2012 at 17:29 | comment | added | Sam | I guess I was think colloquially, but it brings up an interesting question about the use of come and go and their usage in temporal and spatial locations. I feel a question brewing. | |
| Mar 4, 2012 at 17:24 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | +1: I'd go further than that and say "didn't" in OP's second version could only reference the future. In most cases you'd say "If I didn't go to the meeting", but it's just about possible to use "come" in certain contexts. | |
| Mar 4, 2012 at 5:17 | history | answered | Sam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |