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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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You would have thought he would have visited his parents once in a while.
Is this sentence correct and is the second ‘would’ve’ in the sentence past of ‘will’ve’?
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anonymous You would have thought he would have visited his parents once in a while. Correct. "would've" is not the past of "will've" there.
- anonymous You would have thought he would have visited his parents once in a while.
- Correct.
- "would've" is not the past of "will've" there.
- "would've" indicates something counterfactual there, namely, that he didn't visit his parents at all.
- CJ
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anonymousYou would have thought he would have visited his parents once in a while.
Correct. "would've" is not the past of "will've" there. "would've" indicates something counterfactual there, namely, that he didn't visit his parents at all.
CJ
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