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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Backshifted?
I called him around 3am because I thought he would have been home by then from work.
Is this sentence correct and is "would've" used as backshifted?
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anonymous Is this sentence correct No. anonymous is "would've" used as backshifted? You don't want backshifting here.
- anonymous Is this sentence correct No.
- anonymous is "would've" used as backshifted?
- You don't want backshifting here.
- It's not wrong, but it's unnecessarily complicated and awkward.
- Also, at the end of a sentence, adverbs of place come before adverbs of time.
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anonymousIs this sentence correct
No.
anonymousis "would've" used as backshifted?
You don't want backshifting here. It's not wrong, but it's unnecessarily complicated and awkward. Also, at the end of a sentence, adverbs of place come before adverbs of time.
I called ... because I thought he would be hom
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