Correct sentence?
A: I knew in 2020 that oil price would’ve reached $120 per barrel by this February 2022 and it did. (For context: oil price went negative in 2020 because of the pandemic)
B: It was January. He would’ve finished writing the book by the end of the year.
Is the sentence above correct with “would’ve”?
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anonymous Is the sentence above correct with “would’ve”? Yes. And the other one above is also correct.
- anonymous Is the sentence above correct with “would’ve”?
- Yes.
- And the other one above is also correct.
- "would've" + PP (past participle) can be used as "was going to have" + PP or as "was going to" + INF (infinitive) would've reached ~ was going to have reached ~ was going to reach However, this idea is most often rendered simply by "would": would reach I recommend this formula instead of "would've".
- CJ
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anonymousIs the sentence above correct with “would’ve”?
Yes. And the other one above is also correct.
"would've" + PP (past participle) can be used as "was going to have" + PP or as "was going to" + INF (infinitive)
would've reached ~ was going to have reached ~ was going to reach
However, this idea is most often rendered simp
0Please help me, Califjim. I really need your help. Am I understanding you incorrectly with my explanation above?
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