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CalifJimFor some reason your two most recent posts came out double so I deleted the extras.
anonymousA: You would think he would visit his parents once in a while.
B: You would think he would’ve have helped me yesterday with the assignment.
Is it possible to add ‘and he did’ at the end of the sentences above?In both cases you can (theoretically), but it's not as likely that the speaker really meant it that way. You'd have to be there listening to the conversation to know for sure, but as isolated sentences it makes more sense to believe that the speaker is mentally adding "but he didn't". This is especially true when the sentence starts "You would think" rather than "I think" or "I thought".
CJ
I came up with a follow up question.
A: You would think he would visit his parents once in a while.
B: You would think he would’ve have helped me yesterday with the assignment.
In the sentences above, in reality, do the sentences say he does visit his parents and he did help me yesterday with the assignment? Or the sentences don’t say anything about whether he visits his parents or not, and whether he helped me or not with the assignment?
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anonymous A: You would think he would visit his parents once in a while. B: You would think he would’ve have helped me yesterday with the assignment. In the sentences above, in reality, do the sentences say he does visit his parents and he did help me yesterday with the assignment?
- anonymous A: You would think he would visit his parents once in a while.
- B: You would think he would’ve have helped me yesterday with the assignment.
- In the sentences above, in reality, do the sentences say he does visit his parents and he did help me yesterday with the assignment?
- No.
- The speaker is insinuating (hinting) that he does not visit his parents and that he did not help you yesterday with the assignment.
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anonymousA: You would think he would visit his parents once in a while.
B: You would think he would’ve have helped me yesterday with the assignment.
In the sentences above, in reality, do the sentences say he does visit his parents and he did help me yesterday with the assignment?
No. The speaker is insinuating (hinting) that he does not vis
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