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What's wrong with this sentence?
What's wrong with this sentence (Grammatically)
"Hadn't I wanted everyone to k know about it, I would have asked you to keep it to yourself."
It's said that "hadn't " is wrong. So what's the correct form?
Sep 13, 2019 7:21 AM
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The only thing that's wrong is that the 'not' is in the wrong place. If you said 'Had I not wanted to know about it,..', it would be correct.
With this more formal variant of the second conditional, you cannot contract the auxiliary verb and 'not'.
September 13, 2019
I think you mean, “If I hadn’t wanted everyone to know about it, I would have asked you to keep it to yourself.”
You could also say “had not” which is more formal.
September 13, 2019
I think you mean, “If I hadn’t wanted everyone to know about it, I would have asked you to keep it to yourself.”
You could also say “had not” which is more formal.
September 13, 2019
