My question was asked below, but the answers provided did not address my confusion.
One example given in this lesson is "Si nous l'avions choisi, nous l'aurions regretté".
A previous lesson on 'if-then" sentences (Imperfect usage - hypothesis | French Grammar | Progress with Lawless French) says the following:
"You can never use Le Passé Composé nor other past tenses in this context."
I took this to mean that all if-then sentences must use an "imparfait + conditionel présent" form.
But here we are using the plus-que-parfait and the conditional passé in an if-then sentence. There is no mention of the plus-que-parfait + conditional passé form in the lesson linked to above.
Can you please clarify the rules around using plus-que-parfait + conditional present in 'if-then' sentences?
Thanks.
