Mixed conditional: past condition with a result in the present
In this type of mixed conditional the if-clauseA group of related words containing a subject and a verb. is in the third, while the main clauseA clause that could be a sentence in itself. E.g.: I wouldn’t go there if I were you. ("I wouldn't go there") When I arrived he was surfing. ("he was surfing") is in the second conditional.
If you had smoked less, you wouldn't be sick now.
If Mr Douglas had had a moustache, Zeta Jones wouldn't be his wife now.
If we had followed the sign, we wouldn’t be lost now.
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