he told his son what would happen
or
he told his what would happened
2007-03-06 00:40:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
None. I'm not English mother tongue but the correct phrasing should be :
He told his son what would have happened
Being 'told' a past tense the conditional must be a past tense too.
You can use the conditional present 'would happen' if the main verb is in the present tense.
For example : "He tells his son what would happen".
As last 'would happened' is not an English tense
2007-03-06 00:44:19 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
In English, the simple (or present) conditional is formed from 'would' plus the root of the infinitive - the infinitive without the 'to'. Even the irregular verbs follow this - it's 'I would be'. Any other form of the verb (like happened) may not be used.
The conditional describes an action that will or might occur at some time in the future of the time described by the main verb. The main verb may be in ANY tense, even another conditional tense.
He told him what would happen.
He will tell him what would happen.
He will have told him what would happen.
He would have told him what would happen.
All of these are grammatically correct English.
2007-03-06 10:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct one is
he told his son what would happen
2007-03-06 00:48:24 · answer #3 · answered by harshvardhan k 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the first one
2007-03-06 01:14:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first sentence is the correct one..
2007-03-06 00:50:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first is correct.
2007-03-06 00:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first one is correct
2007-03-06 01:28:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First one is the correct one...
2007-03-06 00:52:56 · answer #8 · answered by Fariha T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he told his son what would happen
2007-03-06 00:46:46 · answer #9 · answered by Zsazsa A 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋