Timeline for "Had you told me earlier" vs "If you had told me earlier." [duplicate]
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| May 9, 2020 at 16:31 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Were I feeling flippant, I might use such constructions facetiously, once in a blue moon. But I wouldn't make a habit of it. | |
| May 9, 2020 at 16:27 | comment | added | Ashraf | Exactly what I wanted to hear. :p Thanks a lot! | |
| May 9, 2020 at 16:25 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I certainly might. But I can be quite definite that I'd never say Had you told me earlier... :) | |
| May 9, 2020 at 16:19 | comment | added | Ashraf | Thank you again. But, if someone asks you to give a speech right now and you're not prepared. Would you say- 'If you had told me earlier, I could've prepared for it?' | |
| May 7, 2020 at 11:32 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Define "correct". Your cited response is (or at least, was, maybe a century ago) "valid", but it's not something you'd expect to hear from a native speaker today. Most of us are perfectly familiar with it though, since we often meet it in past and even current "literary" contexts. As you're a learner, my advice is never to use this construction - just be ready to accept it as "valid" when you read it. | |
| May 6, 2020 at 16:17 | history | closed |
FumbleFingers CommunityBot |
Duplicate of "had they known" or "if they had known" | |
| May 6, 2020 at 16:15 | comment | added | Ashraf | Thank you for it. I'm afraid my rep isn't high enough to comment in other posts yet. I know my sentence is correct and that 'if you had' is more natural, but can you please tell me weather my response was correct given the context? | |
| May 5, 2020 at 23:53 | history | edited | J.R.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 5, 2020 at 18:08 | answer | added | John Jami | timeline score: -3 | |
| May 5, 2020 at 16:46 | answer | added | Sandip Kumar Mandal | timeline score: -1 | |
| May 5, 2020 at 16:30 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 5, 2020 at 16:14 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Does this answer your question? "had they known" or "if they had known". Also Sentense-structure: Meaning of “Had I been” and Have I had known about the lack of security and “had I stayed” or “if I had stayed”?, among others. Basically, Had you told me earlier is a dated/formal alternative to If you had told me earlier. | |
| May 5, 2020 at 15:53 | history | asked | Ashraf | CC BY-SA 4.0 |