Third conditional
The third conditional describes an unrealA tense that expresses a hypothetical situation. E.g.: I wish you were here. situation with reference to the past. We hypothesise a past situation which did not happen and cannot happen any more. It is also called the impossible condition.
if-clause with past perfect simple or continuous
main clause with would + perfect infinitive (simple or continuous)
If he had been more careful, he wouldn't have been killed in the accident.
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