On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Jan 9, 2007, at 6:46 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> What about the use of "would have" for "had"? As in, "If I would >> have written it properly, nobody could have been offended". >> Correct US use? It sounds diabolical to me. > > It's a colloquialism or vernacular in US English.
According to my English (language, as hey came from both sides of the pond) teachers, this is grammatically incorrect. The "If" part of a conditional does not take a form of will; the latter part does. Here is a Scottish one that stuns me: "I would have went". Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
