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 ...

The Panthers being the team to acquire Marchand is a stunner. There weren't any trade rumors linking Marchand to the Panthers in recent weeks. Florida also has knocked Boston out of the playoffs in ...