[Conjugation/tense] Would have

Thomas Hejl Pilgaard schrieb:
[nq:1]Into which conjugation/tense should these expression fall? "By then, Diane WOULD HAVE swum 2 miles" "By then, Diane SHOULD HAVE swum 2 miles" "By then, Diane COULD HAVE swum 2 miles"[/nq]
It's often called the conditional - although technically speaking the conditional is a mode (or mood), not a tense.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

Einde O'Callaghan schrieb:
[nq:1]Thomas Hejl Pilgaard schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:2]Into which conjugation/tense should these expression fall? "By then, Diane ... 2 miles" "By then, Diane COULD HAVE swum 2 miles"[/nq]
[nq:1]It's often called the conditional - although technically speaking the conditional is a mode (or mood), not a tense.[/nq]
I forgot to mention that it's the perfect conditi

[nq:2]It's often called the conditional - although technically speaking the conditional is a mode (or mood), not a tense.[/nq]
[nq:1]I forgot to mention that it's the perfect conditional[/nq]
And the present conditional is "By then, Diane would have swim 2 miles"?

Bygvir Melkerson schrieb:
[nq:2]I forgot to mention that it's the perfect conditional[/nq]
[nq:1]And the present conditional is "By then, Diane would have swim 2 miles"?[/nq]
The present conditional is "would swim" but it wouldn't make any sense in the example sentence, which is about the past.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

Einde O'Callaghan schrieb:
[nq:1]Bygvir Melkerson schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:2]And the present conditional is "By then, Diane would have swim 2 miles"?[/nq]
[nq:1]The present conditional is "would swim" but it wouldn't make any sense in the example sentence, which is about the past.[/nq]
It's probably worth pointing out that "would", "should" and "could" have several other usages besides th

[nq:2]And the present conditional is "By then, Diane would have swim 2 miles"?[/nq]
[nq:1]The present conditional is "would swim" but it wouldn't make any sense in the example sentence, which is about the past.[/nq]
I thought 'by then' means in German 'bis dahin', maybe something like until then, until this moment or so. If this interpretation is correct, why does the pres. cond. make no s

Bygvir Melkerson schrieb:
[nq:2]The present conditional is "would swim" but it wouldn't make any sense in the example sentence, which is about the past.[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought 'by then' means in German 'bis dahin', maybe something like until then, until this moment or so. If ... sense? (By then, Diane would swim 2 miles = She don't swim, but if she does it, then 2 miles)?[/nq]
In English

[nq:1]In English it wzuld have to be "By now she would have swum 2 miles". Perfect because it started in ... not rel time but speculative time). And "then" is only used for some point in time distant from the present.[/nq]
OK, I see. So in English you only use the present cond. in a case like: I'm not hungry, but if I were hungry I would eat something?

Bygvir Melkerson schrieb:
[nq:2]In English it wzuld have to be "By now she ... used for some point in time distant from the present.[/nq]
[nq:1]OK, I see. So in English you only use the present cond. in a case like: I'm not hungry, but if I were hungry I would eat something?[/nq]
I wouldn't say "only". he perfect is used when there is an element of "pastness", so to say, an dthe presen

[nq:1]I wouldn't say "only". he perfect is used when there is an element of "pastness", so to say, an dthe present when there is an element of "presentness" or "futurity".[/nq]
OK
[nq:1]And as I mentioned earlier there are other usages of "would".[/nq]
You mean sentences like 'When my parents were away, my grandmother would take care of me'? This axample is from the English-German Oxfo