I think in this context, you and I have a different understanding of the meaning of the word "had".
No he didn't. If he had just left it there, nothing would have happened.
Nobody held a gun to his head, he chose to clean it up.
He could have left it for the cemetery crew and they would have eventually cleaned it up.
“I think in this context, you and I have a different understanding of the meaning of the word “had”.
No he didn’t. If he had just left it there, nothing would have happened.”
My context was that as a father he felt an obligation to respect his daughter and her gravesite. Sorry you don’t feel this way.