With the third conditional, Elena, we are often talking about something that might have happened, but didn't. As your example illustrates, when we are discussing such past situations we normally ...

Although there are quite a few different ways of forming conditional sentences there are common patterns known as zero, first, second and third conditionals. Refer to an imagined past result of ...

Brad Marchand has reportedly been traded to the Florida Panthers — with the Bruins trading away their captain this season.