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Pooyan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Meaning of two sentences
Hello,
"The woman’s profile apparently indicated that she double-majored in Political Science and Economics. Her profile also said she worked as a self-employed."
I was wondering if you get a different meaning if I rewrite the above phrase as this:
"The woman’s profile apparently would indicate that she had double-majored in Political Science and Economics. Her profile would also say she had worked as a self-employed."
Thanks.
"The woman’s profile apparently indicated that she double-majored in Political Science and Economics. Her profile also said she worked as a self-employed."
I was wondering if you get a different meaning if I rewrite the above phrase as this:
"The woman’s profile apparently would indicate that she had double-majored in Political Science and Economics. Her profile would also say she had worked as a self-employed."
Thanks.
Top answer
The first presents past supposed facts; the second presents future supposed facts.
- The first presents past supposed facts; the second presents future supposed facts.
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The first presents past supposed facts; the second presents future supposed facts.
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But I intend to use 'would' as an indication of a past habit, something like:
"When I was younger, I would go biking more often"
"When I was younger, I would go biking more often"
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Then it was not successful, since I did not read it that way.
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No, I don't think so. 'Would' applies to past habit, Reading a profile is no one's habit.
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and could you please tell me if you get a different meaning between these two:
"The woman’s profile apparently indicated that she double-majored in Political Science and Economics. Her profile also said she worked as a self-employed."
"The woman’s profile apparently indicated that she has/had double-majored in Political Science an
"The woman’s profile apparently indicated that she double-majored in Political Science and Economics. Her profile also said she worked as a self-employed."
"The woman’s profile apparently indicated that she has/had double-majored in Political Science an
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No, they are synonymous. Since we know that the profile must succeed the data it contains, the perfect tenses are unnecessary, though if the activities were e.g. quite recent, present perfect might be more appropriate.
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Could you please elaborate more on the first part: "Since we know that the profile must succeed the data it contains, the perfect tenses are unnecessary"
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Common sense tells us the order of events, so simple past is sufficient.
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