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If he had followed my advice, he wouldn't have been in trouble now.

I think we can say then instead of now or say wouldn't be.
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nado92 said:
If he had followed my advice, he wouldn't have been in trouble now.

I think we can say then instead of now or say wouldn't be.
Thanks in advance.
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If he had followed my advice, he wouldn't be in trouble now. This is correct. If you replaced "now" with "then", it wouldn't be correct.
If he had followed my advice, he wouldn't have been in trouble then. This is correct.
 
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bhaisahab said:
. . If you replaced "now" with "", it wouldn't be correct.
If he had followed my advice, he wouldn't have been in trouble then. This is correct.
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Thanks. I can't understand the last part.
Is it correct or not to say' If he had followed my advice, he wouldn't have been in trouble then
 
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