third conditional
third conditional · third conditionals
A structure used to convey unreal or unfulfilled events in the past, containing an if…A structure used to convey unreal or unfulfilled events in the past, containing an if clause (with a verb in the past perfect) and a main clause (with would + the bare perfect infinitive of a verb).
Meaning
1 sensesA structure used to convey unreal or unfulfilled events in the past, containing an if clause (with a verb in the past perfect) and a main clause (with would + the bare perfect infinitive of a verb).
"If Columbus hadn't discovered America, he wouldn't have been famous" is an example of the third conditional.
Forms
plural: third conditionals| Singular | third conditional |
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