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I'm referring to Benidorm, Season 2, Episode 1 (Jacqueline):
This structure:
If it were me who had picked up that ******, I wouldn't have come back.
This sentence sounds (and looks) strange. I am used to standard 2nd and 3rd, as well as mixed, conditionals.
Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Massimo
Is this a non-defining relative clause in the past perfect, dropped into the middle of a 2nd/3rd mixed conditonal?
Yes, it's grammatically fine: I can't see anything strange about it.
And yes, there is a defining relative clause in there; it modifies the NP "me".
