Sentence: What do you think would happen to you if your father hadn't been...

[Iloveenglish]

What do you think would happen to you if your father hadn't been with you when you were going back home last night?

Is this sentence OK?

[Kitosdad]

"What do you think would have happened to you, if your father hadn't been with you when you were going back home last night?"
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[Alan]

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Hi,

Just to add to what Bill has said. Your sentence is a conditional one but it's a mixture of types 2 and 3.

Let me list them for you:

1 (Possible) What do you think will happen to you if your father isn't with you ....?
2 (Imaginary) What do you think would happen to you if your father wasn't with you .....?
3 (Impossible) What do you think would have happened to you if your father hadn't been with you ....?

Alan
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[Iloveenglish]

Thanks for everything Alan!