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If she had known it was your birthday, she would have bought a gift.
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If she had known it was your birthday, she would have bought a gift.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Giving Advice
You should have told her it was your birthday; she would have bought you a gift.
Describing Habits
I always tell people my birthday in advance, so they remember to get me a gift.
Asking About Others
Did you tell your friend it was your birthday?
Sharing Hypotheticals
If I hadn't told them, I wouldn't have received any gifts.
Rephrased versions
Formal
Had she been aware of your birthday, she would have purchased a present.
Casual
If she'd known, she would have gotten you something.
Simpler English
She would have bought a gift if she knew.
Phrases to learn
If she had known
Expressing a hypothetical past situation.
would have bought
Expressing a hypothetical past action.