Comments on: “If I would have…” http://www.lklawless.com/blog/archives/201 Current features, travel adventures, and whatever interesting stuff I find on the net or in life. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:55:12 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Elizabeth http://www.lklawless.com/blog/archives/201/comment-page-1#comment-43727 Elizabeth Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:15:50 +0000 http://www.lklawless.com/blog/archives/201#comment-43727 This is also a fairly common in French.."Si je l'aurais su.. je serais allée.." I cringe! This is also a fairly common in

French..”Si je l’aurais su.. je serais allée..” I cringe!

]]> By: David Whittemore http://www.lklawless.com/blog/archives/201/comment-page-1#comment-38170 David Whittemore Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:52:12 +0000 http://www.lklawless.com/blog/archives/201#comment-38170 Speaking as an old teacher of English in the high school, I am irritated, for no crucial reason, when reading or hearing the phrase: "if I would have..." Sounds perfectly ungrammatical to me...and essentially ignorant. I know the language must change over time, but let it change with some degree of logic or perception, not because of ignorance! Speaking as an old teacher

of English in the high school, I am irritated, for no crucial reason, when reading or hearing

the phrase: “if I would have…” Sounds perfectly ungrammatical to me…and essentially

ignorant. I know the language must change over time, but let it change with some degree of

logic or perception, not because of ignorance!

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