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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Conditional in the past?

Hi. Would you say the underlined verb is (denotes?) conditional in the past?

The place he was in would have had at least 4 rooms that could accommodate two adults each.
  

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Anonymous Hi. ) conditional in the past? The place he was in would have had at least 4 rooms that could accommodate two adults each.

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  • Anonymous Hi.
  • ) conditional in the past?
  • The place he was in would have had at least 4 rooms that could accommodate two adults each.
  • Yes.
  • That's a reasonable analysis as a way of describing the verb form.
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AnonymousHi. Would you say the underlined verb is (denotes?) conditional in the past?

The place he was in would have had at least 4 rooms that could accommodate two adults each.

Yes. That's a reasonable analysis as a way of describing the verb form. Semantically, however, it seems to be the 'would have' of probability, the meaning
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