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Hachi8 Posted 12 years ago
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When you catch the sentence "I would have talked to you if you had been there at that time.", you understand that you would have got talked but don't get when exactly, don't you? I mean you don't know just after or later.
  

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Only more context can tell us whether the hypothetical taking was imagined as taking place at the time if the not being there: If you had been at home on Tuesday at eight, I would have talked to you on Tuesday at eight. If you had been at home on Tuesday at eight, I would have talked to you the next day.

— Fivejedjon

  • Only more context can tell us whether the hypothetical taking was imagined as taking place at the time if the not being there: If you had been at home on Tuesday at eight, I would have talked to you on Tuesday at eight.
  • If you had been at home on Tuesday at eight, I would have talked to you the next day.
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Only more context can tell us whether the hypothetical taking was imagined as taking place at the time if the not being there:

If you had been at home on Tuesday at eight, I would have talked to you on Tuesday at eight.
If you had been at home on Tuesday at eight, I would have talked to you the next day.
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hachi8but don't get when exactly
Only as exactly as the expression "at that time", which is part of the sentence. Presumably the people having the conversation know when "that time" was.

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