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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Conditional perfect--3 questions
1) Is there any instance, apart from in conditional III, that 'would have + past participle' is used?
Also, what is the function of would in this sentence?
I invited two of my friends to the party to ensure I would have someone to talk to.
2) Is would future in the past here?
3) Is this a grammatical tense simplification?
I invited two of my friends to the party to ensure I had someone to talk to.
Thanks a lot.
Also, what is the function of would in this sentence?
I invited two of my friends to the party to ensure I would have someone to talk to.
2) Is would future in the past here?
3) Is this a grammatical tense simplification?
I invited two of my friends to the party to ensure I had someone to talk to.
Thanks a lot.
Top answer
1. Yes. I would have liked to see the concert but I didn't want to go alone.
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- Yes.
- I would have liked to see the concert but I didn't want to go alone.
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- There's no way of telling whether the sentence refers to the past or the future.
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1. Yes. I would have liked to see the concert but I didn't want to go alone.
2. There's no way of telling whether the sentence refers to the past or the future. So it could be a future in the past sentence but we can't be sure without a broader context.
3. Yes, if the party was in the past.
2. There's no way of telling whether the sentence refers to the past or the future. So it could be a future in the past sentence but we can't be sure without a broader context.
3. Yes, if the party was in the past.
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English 1b31) Is there any instance, apart from in conditional III, that 'would have + past participle' is used?
Also, what is the function of would in this sentence?
I invited two of my friends to the party to ensure I would have someone to talk to.
Here in this sentense would is used to
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