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Kyurkchiyski Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Auxiliaries
Hello,
I have a question about using modal auxiliaries in the past.
I have to put the modal in the first sentence into the past to complete the second sentence.
Here are the first sentences:
Let’s take a map. We’ll get lost if we don’t.
...
There’s the phone. It’ll be Bill
Here are the second sentences:
I’m glad we took the map. We would have got lost if we hadn’t
...
Did he have a deep voice? It’ll have been Paul.
Why do we use “would have” but in the second – “will have”?
I have a question about using modal auxiliaries in the past.
I have to put the modal in the first sentence into the past to complete the second sentence.
Here are the first sentences:
Let’s take a map. We’ll get lost if we don’t.
...
There’s the phone. It’ll be Bill
Here are the second sentences:
I’m glad we took the map. We would have got lost if we hadn’t
...
Did he have a deep voice? It’ll have been Paul.
Why do we use “would have” but in the second – “will have”?
Top answer
e. they didn't get lost). e.
- e.
- they didn't get lost).
- e.
- it was Paul), according to the speaker's belief.
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"We would have got lost if we hadn’t" is describing a hypothetical situation (i.e. they didn't get lost).
"It’ll have been Paul" is describing a real situation (i.e. it was Paul), according to the speaker's belief.
"It’ll have been Paul" is describing a real situation (i.e. it was Paul), according to the speaker's belief.
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