Discussion
Select the option that synthesises the following sentences using the most relevant form of the verb.
I didn't know you were in the hospital. I would have come to visit you.
Answer: A
The best synthesis is 'If I had known you were in the hospital, I would have visited you'. The two sentences describe a past situation that did not happen: the speaker did not know, so he did not visit. That unreal past is expressed by the third conditional, 'if' + past perfect in the clause with the condition and 'would have' + past participle in the result. Option B mixes 'were to know' (a present or future hypothetical) with a past result. Options C and D are only restatements joined by 'but' or 'so', not a synthesis in a conditional form.
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