conditional sentence

[ronao]

Hello everybody.
When the two parts of a conditional sentence are incompatible, can we say that there is a lack of parallelism or a lack of coherence?
Thank you

[bhaisahab]

Please give an example of what you mean.

[ronao]

Example: Were you to be late to the party, why didn't you tell me?
Thanks again for your answer.

[bhaisahab]

That is just nonsense. Nothing more, nothing less.

[ronao]

Thank you very much!

[emsr2d2]

Why didn't you tell me you were going to be late to the party?
If you were going to be late to the party, why didn't you tell me?

Your original version didn't make sense. The two versions above are what I would expect to hear.

[Raymott]

When the two parts of a conditional sentence are incompatible, can we say that there is a lack of parallelism or a lack of coherence?

Your example sentence has incompatible clauses and therefore lacks coherence. This is not what a lack of parallelism means. Your sentence is a good example of incoherence. Both clauses are good, but they don't cohere.

[ronao]

Thanks a lot you all!!
Kind regards