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Old 08-Dec-2005, 09:06
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Default Re: conditional mixed

Where you are using forms from two kinds of conditional:
If I had tried harder, I wouldn't be in this mess.
Here, you have a mixture- starting in the third conditional for a past conditional, but then moving into the second conditional for a present result.
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary...ditionals.html
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