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Had I realized how close I was to failing, I would not have gone to th Updated on: 19 Aug 2019, 10:46
Originally posted by navneetaron on 30 Mar 2005, 15:26.
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Had I realized how close I was to failing, I would not have gone to the party.

A. Had I realized how close
B. If I would have realized
C. Had I had realized how close
D. When I realized how close
E. If I realized how close
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Had I realized how close I was to failing, I would not have gone to th 30 Mar 2005, 18:26
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A.Had I realized how close

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Had I realized how close I was to failing, I would not have gone to th 30 Mar 2005, 22:57
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Had I realized how close I was to failing, I would not have gone to the party.

A.Had I realized how close
the best
B.If I would have realized
does make sence with rest of the sentence.
C.Had I had realized how close
second "had" looks ackward.
D.When I realized how close
but the sentece in a time frame,,,
E.If I realized how close
sorrys ackward.

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A)

the first action (had realized) should indicate that it happened before the second action (have gone). first action must be past perfect and the second present perfect.

the first sentence is the conditional clause and the second is the main clause. normally we would use "if" in the conditional clause but sometimes it can be replaced by a subject-verb inversion.
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option A - Had I realized, I would not have
This is conditional 3 - past perfect in the condition and I would have in the result.
for those struggling with this, would recommend a youtube video explaining this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Np7dmvw0U
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