> > "If Dave wasn't such a babe in his scrumptious Chicken Suit, I'd have smacked him right upside the head."
>
> The best form is as follows:
>
> "If Dave had a Chicken Suit, I'd have smacked him right upside the head."
>
> gab"a"by (?)

Oh heck. You're right, gabby. I was mixing the 2nd and 3rd Conditional tenses together. If I were to use the 3rd Conditional properly, I should write:

"If Dave had had a Chicken Suit, I would have smacked him right upside the head."

Since I'm inflecting was/were using the 2nd Conditional tense instead, my original sentence should have been phrased thusly:

"If Dave wasn't such a babe in his scrumptious Chicken Suit, I would smack him right upside the head."

My question is whether THAT statement is grammatically correct.


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