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third conditionals

third conditionals is the plural of third conditional.

Meaning of third conditional

Noun

third conditional (plural third conditionals)

  1. A structure used to convey unreal or unfulfilled events in the past, containing an if clause (with a verb in the past perfect) and a main clause (with would + the bare perfect infinitive of a verb).
    • "If Columbus hadn't discovered America, he wouldn't have been famous" is an example of the third conditional.

Questions about third conditionals

What is third conditionals the plural of?
Third conditionals is the plural of third conditional.

Words near third conditionals in the dictionary

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