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Newguest Posted 19 years ago
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ours/go through

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00What's wrong with this sentence, or maybe it's OK02br
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001. If you went through what he had gone (through) you would know what it is like02br
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00Which is better?02br
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001. "Ours welcomed us" or "Our soldiers welcomed us" Can I use "ours" instead of "soldiers"02br
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0 Hi. 02br
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001, If you went through what he had gone, you would know what it is like.02br
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0 I'd say for 01b001.02b02br
01i00If you went through what he went through, you would know what it's like.02i02br
00 For 01b001.02b00(in contrast! 05000 ) I would say02br
01i00Our soldiers welcomed us.02i02br
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00 You can only say 01i00Ours welco
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1i00If you went through what he went through, you would know what it's like.02i02br
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00by the way: Shouldn't I use the past perfect, that is-"what he had gone through"02br
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0 No, I wouldn't say that you should use the past perfect. It doesn't seem necessary at all. The first 01i00went02i00 is a backshift for the 01i00if02i00 clause, so it's in present time, just like the final noun clause (01i00what it's like02i00). Using the past perfect in the noun clause (01i00what he went through
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