Past future tense - would have | The Grammar Exchange

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If I knew you were in casino last night, I would have joined you. Conditional formatting type 2.

In what other situation/circumstances do we use past future tense (would have).

9/20/203:38 AM

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David, ModeratorModerator

@Tony C posted:
If I knew you were in casino last night, I would have joined you. Conditional formatting type 2.

Hi, Tony—That conditional is not type 2 and is not correct. Type 3 is needed:

If I had known you were in a/the casino last night, I would have joined you.

@Tony C posted:
In what other situation/circumstances do we use past future tense (would have).

"Would have" is generally used when making counterfactual inferences with reference to the past, as is done in type 3 conditionals:

If I had been there, I would have seen her.
If I had had a million dollars, I would have bought that house.
If he had paid his bill, they wouldn't have shut off his power.

9/21/2012:13 AM

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