If my grandfather was alive today, he might have enjoyed looking after our garden.
Hi. I have found the following sentence here:
If my grandfather was alive today, he might have enjoyed looking after our garden.
I would also like to ask why "might have enjoyed" is used in this sentence instead of "might enjoy"?
That thread is too long and confusing for me to follow. So could you explain it in a simpler way?
Thank you.
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", is okay. The meaning is: Grandad might start working in the garden every morning, and enjoy it. ", is okay, but with a different sense from the sentence above: I might ask him to work in our garden every morning, and if he did start to do it, he might find that he enjoys it.
- ", is okay.
- The meaning is: Grandad might start working in the garden every morning, and enjoy it.
- ", is okay, but with a different sense from the sentence above: I might ask him to work in our garden every morning, and if he did start to do it, he might find that he enjoys it.
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The sentence, "If my grandfather was alive today, he might have enjoyed looking after our garden.", is okay. The meaning is: Grandad might start working in the garden every morning, and enjoy it.
The sentence, "If my grandfather was alive today, he might enjoy looking after our garden.", is okay, but with a different sense from the sentence above: I might ask him to work in our g
0zuotengdazuoIf my grandfather was alive today, he might have enjoyed looking after our garden. I would also like to ask why "might have enjoyed" is used in this sentence instead of "might enjoy"?
If you consider only "he might enjoy looking after our garden", it conjures up (at least for some speakers) a situation in which Grandfather can currently d
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