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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I would have liked to have gone but I was not invited

I would have liked to have gone but I was not invited

What does this sentence mean?
  

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You're bummed out that you didn't get to go to that wonderful party.

— Deadrat

  • You're bummed out that you didn't get to go to that wonderful party.
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You're bummed out that you didn't get to go to that wonderful party.
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contraposition I would have liked to have gone but I was not invited What does this sentence mean?
I wanted to go, but nobody asked me. (It suggests disappointment.)

By the way, many prescriptive grammarians advise "I would have liked to go" in those cases.

CJ
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