how Its could be?
In russian language, we have a phrase, that says that if some action was happend in the past, then i could do something after this action but in the past too. But as well as this action was not happend, i didnt do this something.
For example:
at 5.00 pm i tell to my mother: "if my sister had stop playing games before 3.00 pm, i could clean her room in 4.00 pm"
In russian we use the words "Если бы.... то...."
How can i say this phrase in english?
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You can use this structure:
If something had happened, then something could have happened.
This "If...then" statement in this case begins with the past perfect tense for the conditional statement (If...) followed by the present perfect tense. Here are some examples:
If the economy had improved, I could have found a job by now. (positive constructions)
If Sam Beam had decided not to write music, I could not have listened to his great songs. (negative constructions)
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