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Originally Posted by X Mode I once heard a teacher say "if she would have". It made somewhat of an impression on me, as it's not something I would say. It's something that strikes me as not standard even though I might have heard it before. I probably have but never paid attention to it. That's something I would say deviates from the standard - too much. •In spoken English there is a growing tendency to use would have in place of the subjunctive in contrary-to-fact clauses, as in if I would have been the President, but this usage is still widely considered incorrect. http://www.bartleby.com/61/50/I0025000.html |
I've heard this often, X Mode; "considered incorrect" but I've never heard any sound reasons offered as to why.