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Rule "if I would have (if I had)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: if I would have (if I had)
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>had\3 \5</suggestion>?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • If I wouldn't have known about the party, I would have gone to it.
    Correction suggestion: hadn't known
ID: IF_WOULD_HAVE_VBN [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)