The Sentence Sleuth
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Criminal Sentence 39: I Wouldn't
Overheard on a TV show:
"I wouldn't have had to if you would have told me the truth."
When you have an "if" clause, you don't use "would. In the above sentence, you use "had":
"I wouldn't have had to if you had told me the truth."
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