Counter factual?
A: I thought he would’ve let you know about it.
B: You would think he would’ve have let me know about it.
C: I would’ve thought he would’ve let you know about it.
Just to confirm, all the bold would’ve’s are used to mean counter-factual not past of will’ve, correct? And also sentence A and sentence C have the exact same meaning, correct?
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anonymous Just to confirm, all the bold would’ve’s are used to mean counter-factual Often, yes, but in the case of A and (maybe to a lesser extent) C, it depends on how they are said. For example, if "thought" is stressed in A, then it is a confirmation of the speaker's belief: A: He told me this morning. B: I thought he would’ve let you know about it.
- anonymous Just to confirm, all the bold would’ve’s are used to mean counter-factual Often, yes, but in the case of A and (maybe to a lesser extent) C, it depends on how they are said.
- For example, if "thought" is stressed in A, then it is a confirmation of the speaker's belief: A: He told me this morning.
- B: I thought he would’ve let you know about it.
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anonymousJust to confirm, all the bold would’ve’s are used to mean counter-factual
Often, yes, but in the case of A and (maybe to a lesser extent) C, it depends on how they are said. For example, if "thought" is stressed in A, then it is a confirmation of the speaker's belief:
A: He told me this morning.
B: I thought he would’ve let you kno
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