Mixed conditionals | Grammaring
www.grammaring.com › mixed-conditionalsThis type of mixed conditional expresses a general condition with an imaginary result in the past: If I spoke better English, I could have got the job. (I don't speak English well enough, so I didn't get the job) If you were smarter, you wouldn't have borrowed money in the first place. (you are not smart; that's why you borrowed money)