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Cat navy 425 Posted 7 years ago
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Between the following sentence which is correct

1.I was to have gone yesterday

2.I was to go yesterday

  

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cat navy 425 which is correct Both. 1. suggests that, as things turned out, you didn't go, even though you were supposed to go.

  • cat navy 425 which is correct Both.
  • 1.
  • suggests that, as things turned out, you didn't go, even though you were supposed to go.
  • 2.
  • suggests that you were supposed to go, but it doesn't say exactly whether you did or not.
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cat navy 425which is correct

Both.

1. suggests that, as things turned out, you didn't go, even though you were supposed to go.
2. suggests that you were supposed to go, but it doesn't say exactly whether you did or not. It focuses only on the idea that you had some kind of obligation to go.

CJ

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