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Bmojtaba Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Modal verb

I am wondering what are the differences between the following sentences,
e.g
' I was thinking how much my mother would love the story'
' I was thinking how much my mother would have loved the story'

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bmojtaba I was thinking how much my mother would love the story. when, in the course of time, she eventually ever got a chance to hear it (or read it). ) It's still possible for "my mother" to hear or read the story.

— CalifJim

  • bmojtaba I was thinking how much my mother would love the story.
  • when, in the course of time, she eventually ever got a chance to hear it (or read it).
  • ) It's still possible for "my mother" to hear or read the story.
  • bmojtaba I was thinking how much my mother would have loved the story.
  • If she had ever got a chance to hear it (or read it), which she did not.
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bmojtabaI was thinking how much my mother would love the story.
... when, in the course of time, she eventually ever got a chance to hear it (or read it).
(Maybe I'll tell her the story (or let her read the story) and see if she really loves it.)

It's still possible for "my mother" to hear or read the story.
bmojtabaI was t
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CalifJimIt's not still possible for "my mother" to hear or read the story.
Do all other modal verbs with (could/must/should/ +p.p) structure follow this role? I mean there is no possibility for them to happen.

Thank you
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bmojtabaDo all other modal verbs with (could/must/should/ +p.p) structure follow this role? I mean there is no possibility for them to happen.
No. 'could have' and 'should have' work a little like that, but not the others.

Each modal verb has its own characteristics, and I'm afraid you have to learn those characteristics for each modal verb, one by o
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