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I've got a question.
I know the rules to make sentences with the third conditional: if + had + pp // would have + pp.
But, what about sentences in which "if" is just the introduction in a complex sentence or also "whether?
Examples: I don't know if / whether she would have done it if she had found herself in that situation.
OR she asked me if I would have gone there too if I had been asked to.
Are those correct?
Thanks beforehand.
Regards.
Eduardo.
I don't know IF s
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"I don't know if she would have done it if she had found herself in that situation." is correct.
"I don't know whether [or not] she would have done it if she had found herself in that situation." is also correct. Often people will say "whether or not", although it is not required.
"I don't know whether she would have done it [or not] if she had found herself in that situation." Again, you can see I have added the optional "or not", just in a different place.
"She asked me if I would have gone there if I had been asked to." is correct.
"She asked me whether [or not] I would have gone there if I had been asked to." is correct,
"She asked me whether I would have gone there [or not] if I had been asked to." is also correct.
"I don't know if she would have done it had she found herself in that situation." is how I would say it.
"I don't know if she would have done it if she had found herself in that situation." doesn't sound quite right because you are using "if" twice. Grammatically, it's probably fine though.
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