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If you had listened to my advice, you wouldn’t have made that mistake.

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Sentence

Narrator

If you had listened to my advice, you wouldn’t have made that mistake.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

Listen to my advice next time to avoid making similar mistakes.

Describing Habits

I always offer advice, but people rarely heed it.

Asking About Others

Did you follow the advice I gave you?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If you had followed my instructions, the outcome would have been different.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Had you heeded my counsel, this error would have been avoided.

Casual

You should've listened to me; then you wouldn't be in this mess.

Simpler English

If you listened, you wouldn't have messed up.

Phrases to learn

listen to my advice

To pay attention to and follow the suggestions or recommendations given.

made that mistake

Committed an error or blunder.