Were stayed vs had stayed

[philadelphia]

Having written one of the following, I'm doubting which one I should've picked up. First of all, are these two sentences correct?

If he were stayed for a while, he would've got used to this.
If he'd stayed for a while, he would've got used to this.

My try: They both are correct to me. Well, the first'd more imply a hypothetical situation while the second could likely more accentuate the duration.

Thank you very much

 

[riquecohen]

Having written one of the following, I'm doubting which one I should've picked up. First of all, are these two sentences correct?

If he were stayed for a while, he would've got used to this. Not correct. You have used two verbs together in the past tense. "If he stayed for a while, he would get used to this." (Possibility, second conditional)
If he'd stayed for a while, he would've got used to this. Correct. An impossible condition as he has already left. (Third conditional) (He´d=he had)

My try: They both are correct to me. Well, the first'd more imply a hypothetical situation while the second could likely more accentuate the duration.

Thank you very much

Past participle of get in BrE is got; in AmE it´s usually gotten.

 

[SoothingDave]

"Were stayed" is not a possible combination. "If he had stayed" is what you want to say, I think.

 

[philadelphia]

Anyway, I wrote the second. I'm just confused sometimes. Thank you very much.

 

[BobK]

"Were stayed" is not a possible combination. "If he had stayed" is what you want to say, I think.

... at least, not in that sense.There is a sense of 'stay' that might fit - though I've never seen it used in the passive: I've heard (and used) 'stay your hand' (meaning 'don't do it'), but not 'Their hands were stayed' (to mean 'they didn't do anything'). ;-)

b

 

[SoothingDave]

I guess executions can be stayed as well.

 

[Barb_D]

I'm just confused sometimes.

I'm that way quite often, and I'm working in my FIRST language!
;-)