[Grammar] If i had I would have/ be

[aceidiot]

Hi. First time poster here.
I have a question. If i was telling someone that if i had money i would use it to eat out everyday would i say:
" If i had money, id be eating out everyday"
OR
"I i had money, i would have eaten out everyday"

I feel like the second one is more grammatically correct but the first one just sounds better?

Thanks in advance .
PS: id love it if you could also correct any mistakes ive made so far.

 

[GoesStation]

If I had more money, I'd eat out every day.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi.

I am a first time poster here. I have a question. If I was telling someone that if I had money, I would use it to eat out [STRIKE]everyday[/STRIKE] every day, which of the following would I say?

1. "If i had money, I'd be eating out [STRIKE]everyday[/STRIKE] every day."
[STRIKE]OR[/STRIKE]
2. "If I had money, I would [STRIKE]have eaten[/STRIKE] eat out [STRIKE]everyday[/STRIKE] every day."

I feel like the second one is more grammatically correct but the first one just sounds better.

Thanks in advance.

PS: I'd love it if you could also correct any mistakes I've made so far.

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

Please note my corrections above. It's important to follow these rules of written English at all times:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with one appropriate punctuation mark.
- Always capitalise the word "I" (first person singular pronoun) regardless of where it appears in a sentence.
- Don't put a space before a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Always put a space after a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Don't put a space after opening quotation marks.
- Remember to use apostrophes when they're required.

"Everyday" is an adjective. You needed "every day" each time.

Your first sentence is possible - you'll hear some native speakers use the continuous there but sentence 2 is much more natural (with my corrections above). Using "If I had money" (hypothetical present) doesn't work with "I would have eaten out every day" (past tense). To use that ending, you would have to say:

If I had had money, I would have eaten out every day.

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