English Language & Usage Asked by Hassan Mukdad on May 5, 2021
Is it possible to use the past simple in the result-clause of the 2nd conditional?
Is it possible to say:
If I had enough money, I bought a car.
English does not have “numbered conditionals” — at least, not unless you number them in the thousands!
This is perfectly fine:
So is this:
But those two are quite different, of course. The first is habitual, but the second is not. These describe nothing but real pasts (had, bought, didn’t, saved, left, did), and there are no unreals or modals involved anywhere.
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Answered by tchrist on May 5, 2021
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