third conditional

third conditional

1. Formation

   • If + past perfect + perfect conditional
     • Example
       • If it had rained, you would have gotten wet
     • perfect conditional
       • The perfect conditional of any verb is composed of three elements: would + have + past participle
         • Example
           • He would have gone

2. Meaning

   • It refers to an impossible condition, situated temporarily in the past, and its probable outcome in the past. the third Conditional almost always implies some repentance or that we regret something.

3. Contractions

   • "had" is never put before "have", therefore, if "-'d" appears after a pronoun and after "have" it is the contraction of "would".
   • "would" never appears in the "if" proposition, therefore, if "-'d" appears it will be the contraction of "had"