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Apkemu Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Comprehending conditional tense

Debora -Do you think I could also get a little tour?
Ivy -I don't know. Marty doesn't want guests in certain areas of the house.
Debora -I would have loved to have seen more of your work, but I guess
Marty's the boss. (impossible situation)

As I understood it:
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it's a regret of unaccomplished situation:

I wish I have (already) seen more of your work by now, but alas, I still haven't seen it, but I think Marty's the boss.

There are two other possibilities that come to my mind

1. I would have loved to see more of your work
Meaning - I would like to see more of your work, that would be cool, but I haven't seen it and I don't care, whatever

2. I would love to see more of your work
means - yes, I agree to see more of your work (more like a polite response to an offer)
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All these are my speculation and I was wondering to what degree are they right?

  

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apkemu I wish I had (already) seen more of your work by now, but alas, I still haven't seen it, but I think Marty's the boss. No. The doubled perfect tenses are ungrammatical, but people do say it that way.

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  • apkemu I wish I had (already) seen more of your work by now, but alas, I still haven't seen it, but I think Marty's the boss.
  • No.
  • The doubled perfect tenses are ungrammatical, but people do say it that way.
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apkemuI wish I had (already) seen more of your work by now, but alas, I still haven't seen it, but I think Marty's the boss.

No. The doubled perfect tenses are ungrammatical, but people do say it that way. What she meant is "I would have loved to see more of your work, and I would have seen it if we could have gone into t

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