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Tmn111 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Future in the past

Hi, I have a question.

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There's a sentence: I knew it wouldn't be nice.

We use future in the past.

Will the following example look in the same way?

I should have known it WOULDN'T be nice.

or

I should have known it WON'T be nice.

Thanks.
  

Top answer

wouldn't "wasn't going to be" is also possble.

— Philip

  • wouldn't "wasn't going to be" is also possble.
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wouldn't

"wasn't going to be" is also possble.
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I should have known it WOULDN'T be nice.>> This is correct.


I should have known it WON'T be nice.>> Won't is a contraction of "will not." It is not correct as an expression of a future event in the past.
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