I’ve often wondered: what would have happened had I just accepted Jerry Baldwin’s decision not to hire me? (Para. 8) 我常常在想:要是我当时就接受了杰里i鲍德温不录用我的决定,情况又会怎样呢? 本句中冒号后面成分作主句谓语动词 wondered 的宾语。在这个宾语从句中,“had I just ...... hire me” 是由 if 引导的状语从句的省略形式,其完整形式为 “if I had just ...... me”,表示与过去事实相反的一种假设,故用(1)语气,其对应的主句谓语动词是“would have happened”。