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

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Description: if I would have (if I had)
Message: Did you mean had \3 \5?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • If I would not have known about the party, I would have gone to it.
    Correction suggestion: had not known
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: IF_WOULD_HAVE_VBN [3]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)