third conditional
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).
Noun
- 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.
Coordinate Terms: zero conditional first conditional second conditional mixed conditional