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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Finished

You shouldn't have quit though. I mean, you could've stayed in the game and finish/finished the game strong.

Why isn't it finished when this event happened in the past?

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I agree that it should been the past participle : I mean, you could've stayed in the game and [could've] finished the game strong. Otherwise, we must posit a lot more elision in this informal utterance: I mean, you could've stayed in the game and [would've been able to] finish the game strong.

— Mister Micawber

  • I agree that it should been the past participle : I mean, you could've stayed in the game and [could've] finished the game strong.
  • Otherwise, we must posit a lot more elision in this informal utterance: I mean, you could've stayed in the game and [would've been able to] finish the game strong.
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I agree that it should been the past participle:

I mean, you could've stayed in the game and [could've] finished the game strong.

Otherwise, we must posit a lot more elision in this informal utterance:

I mean, you could've stayed in the game and [would've been able to] finish the game strong.
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