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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Help.

I thought he would have organized the party that happened last week.

Is this a correct sentence and is this type of sentence common to use? Does the sentence mean he didn’t organize the party?

also,

I thought he organized the party last week.

what is the difference between this sentence and the first sentence?

  

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Parties don't 'happen'. We don't say things like that. And it's not idiomatic to say 'organize a party'.

  • Parties don't 'happen'.
  • We don't say things like that.
  • And it's not idiomatic to say 'organize a party'.
  • We 'have a party' or 'plan a party'.
  • Consequently, I'm not sure what your sentence is trying to say.
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Parties don't 'happen'. We don't say things like that. And it's not idiomatic to say 'organize a party'. We 'have a party' or 'plan a party'.

Consequently, I'm not sure what your sentence is trying to say.


We can start with a new but similar sentence.

I thought he would have had a party last week.

It implies that he did not have a party last week. The s

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