I need an explanation please.
"If I ________ the mistake, I would have corrected it.
a) would have noticed
b) had noticed
c) noticed
and why?
A is wrong because the if-clause that goes with a main clause “would” should not have “would” itself in a sentence such as this.
C is impossible because of context: you cannot notice the mistake after you correct it; the tense in would have corrected takes place before that in noticed.
B is right: noticing and correcting both took place at roughly the same time.
Make sense to me… Thanks Cerberus! It’s all because of you teachers that I get stuck in mostly.
OK don’t mention it. You “get stuck in”?
I meant now I stay here quite often. I know I was wrong, so that you could advice me.
Ha! Good one. You could say “that’s why I stick around”.
And you should have said “advise”: advice is not a verb.