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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
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Probably

I wrote the following sentence when writing a email to a fríend.


1.You probably have gone for lunch when I left the office today.

Is the above correct?

I have hunch that it would be best if you wrote the following:

2.Probably you have gone for lunch when I left the office today.

I would like to read your comments on both of my sentences.
  

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when I left the office" is in the past tense, so should the first part of the sentence: You probably had gone for lunch when I left the office today. The above is correct, but I like it better with "probably" moved to this position: You had probably gone for lunch when I left the office today.

— Taiwandave

  • when I left the office" is in the past tense, so should the first part of the sentence: You probably had gone for lunch when I left the office today.
  • The above is correct, but I like it better with "probably" moved to this position: You had probably gone for lunch when I left the office today.
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Since "...when I left the office" is in the past tense, so should the first part of the sentence:

You probably had gone for lunch when I left the office today.

The above is correct, but I like it better with "probably" moved to this position:

You had probably gone for lunch when I left the office today.
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1.You probably have gone for lunch when I left the office today.

Is the above correct?

I have hunch that it would be best if you wrote the following:

2.Probably you have gone for lunch when I left the office today.

I would like to read your comments on both of my sentences.

JTT: Further to TD's comments. Remember Andrei, that present perfect [not
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