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If I could talked him, I would have told him not to come. I knew that the conference would have been very boring.
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If I could have talked to him, I would have told him not to come. I knew that the conference would be/was going to be very boring.
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If I could have talked to him, I would have told him not to come. I knew that the conference would be very boring.
Could have, because I am describing something that could possibly have happened in the past, but did not: third conditional.
Would be, because I am describing the future from the perspective of that past time: second conditional.
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Has the conference already happened?
If I could HAVE talked TO him, I would have told him not to come. I knew that the conference would BE very boring.
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