Grammar Bank

Rules & form

• ›Past condition → present result: If we had hedged, we wouldn't be exposed now.
• ›Present condition → past result: If she weren't so cautious, she would have signed.
• ›Keep would + base for present results, would have + participle for past ones.
• ›Common with now, today, still, at this point.

Examples

• “If I'd studied engineering, I'd be writing code today.”
• “If they were serious buyers, they'd have made an offer by now.”
• “If we hadn't lost the pitch, we'd still be understaffed.”