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Allthewayanime Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

I was to go and I was to have gone

What's the difference between these 2 sentences and when do we use them?

I was to go tomorrow, but my flight has been canceled.

I was to have gone yesterday but my flight has been canceled.
  

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I was to go tomorrow, but my flight has been canceled. I was to have gone yesterday but my flight was canceled. One applies to the past and the other applies to the future.

— Mister Micawber

  • I was to go tomorrow, but my flight has been canceled.
  • I was to have gone yesterday but my flight was canceled.
  • One applies to the past and the other applies to the future.
  • Can you guess which?
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I was to go tomorrow, but my flight has been canceled.

I was to have gone yesterday but my flight was canceled.

One applies to the past and the other applies to the future. Can you guess which?
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this is used in past tense and the other one in present tense

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