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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Meaning?

CalifJim
anonymousThen, I could just say, “I thought he would be a pretty good guy for the group.” with the exact same meaning.

The two are so similar that it is sometimes hard to find any differences.

anonymousI am trying to figure out the difference between the following.
a: I thought he would have been a pretty good guy for the group.
b: I thought he would be a pretty good guy for the group.

It may surprise you to hear that I, too, would like to know the difference between those. We are now working on the edges of my ability to explain this.


Well, I am shocked to hear that. I have an example with context. Here it is:

lets say one of my friends, Jack, went to watch a movie with with a completely new actor in it because I had recommended that he saw it because I had already seen the movie and I know what kind of movie he likes. After he saw the movie, he said, “I didn’t like the movie at all”. And I tell him, “I thought you would have liked the movie.”

Is my sentence ‘I thought you would have liked the movie.’ correct? If it is, I have got three findings regarding the difference between the following sentences.

a: I thought he would have liked the movie.

b: I thought he would like the movie.

Sentence a focuses on specific time even like watching a movie.

Sentence a is a future perfect in the past meaning watching the movie happened after ‘thought’.

I would like to get your response.

  

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anonymous Sentence a focuses on specific time even like watching a movie. Sentence a is a future perfect in the past meaning watching the movie happened after ‘thought’. Before we go too far in this discussion, can you please verify that you really wanted to talk about sentence a in both sentences, and that you were not talking about sentence b in either of them?

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Sentence a focuses on specific time even like watching a movie.
  • Sentence a is a future perfect in the past meaning watching the movie happened after ‘thought’.
  • Before we go too far in this discussion, can you please verify that you really wanted to talk about sentence a in both sentences, and that you were not talking about sentence b in either of them?
  • CJ
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anonymousSentence a focuses on specific time even like watching a movie. Sentence a is a future perfect in the past meaning watching the movie happened after ‘thought’.

Before we go too far in this discussion, can you please verify that you really wanted to talk about sentence a in both sentences, and that you were not talking about sen

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anonymousAfter he saw the movie, he said, “I didn’t like the movie at all”. And I tell him, “I thought you would have liked the movie.” Is my sentence ‘I thought you would have liked the movie.’ correct?

Yes. Your sentence is correct.

a: I thought he would have liked the movie.

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