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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

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You would think he would’ve visited his parents once in a while.

vs.

You would think he visited his parents once in a while.

Are they both correct sentences and what’s the difference in meaning between them?

  

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In the first sentence the dependent clause is counterfactual. The main clause is hypothetical.

The second sentence expresses a hypothetical statement about his behaviour in the past, expressed by the dependent clause.

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