You would not have failed if___(按照我的指令去做)you had followed my instructions 或者you had followed my orders我知道前面是虚拟语态,后面为什么要用had呢?后面 instructions 和orders,为什么标准答案都是复数?单

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You would not have failed if___(按照我的指令去做)
you had followed my instructions 或者you had followed my orders
我知道前面是虚拟语态,后面为什么要用had呢?后面 instructions 和orders,为什么标准答案都是复数?单数可以吗?

Answer 1

其实真正的虚拟语气是后面那句话,如果你有按照我说的去做（事实上并没有）,you would have not failed 只是这一虚拟语气的结果,这也是这道题目的考点,至于后面的单复数不必强求,根据语境也无法判断.