Timeline for If conditional "didn't" vs "hadn't"
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| Sep 11, 2012 at 15:09 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @igor_g: Now you've stumped me, because that example sounds okay (although informal), whereas the seemingly similar "If I went over the Tappan Zee Bridge, we wouldn't have gotten stuck in this traffic" sounds horribly wrong. | |
| Sep 11, 2012 at 13:53 | comment | added | Igor_g | How about another example from Swan. "If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake." | |
| May 7, 2012 at 22:12 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @Noan: yes, although it's not much of a difference. | |
| May 7, 2012 at 18:10 | comment | added | Noah | Does it mean that "If I didn't have my walking boots on, I think I would have really hurt my foot" and "If I hadn't had my walking boots on, I think I would have really hurt my foot" convey different meaning? | |
| May 5, 2012 at 13:31 | history | edited | Peter Shor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 5, 2012 at 13:25 | history | answered | Peter Shor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |