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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Q20: a few grammar questions concerning a sentence, please
Hello,
Here is a sentence, and I have some questions related to it, please.
- I wonder who might have done this to him, but whoever did (or had done?) this to him wanted him to die slowly.
Here're my questions, please:
1) Is that sentence natural to you?
2) The sentence contains the verb phrase 'might have done'. What meaning does it convey, please?
3) Can I use 'would have done', too? For ex "I wonder who would have done ..."?
4) In the second part "but whoever did this to him...", is past simple natural? Or should I use the 'past perfect', instead?
Thank you all. ..
Here is a sentence, and I have some questions related to it, please.
- I wonder who might have done this to him, but whoever did (or had done?) this to him wanted him to die slowly.
Here're my questions, please:
1) Is that sentence natural to you?
2) The sentence contains the verb phrase 'might have done'. What meaning does it convey, please?
3) Can I use 'would have done', too? For ex "I wonder who would have done ..."?
4) In the second part "but whoever did this to him...", is past simple natural? Or should I use the 'past perfect', instead?
Thank you all. ..
Top answer
Laborious 1) Is that sentence natural to you? No. I would expect two sentences.
- Laborious 1) Is that sentence natural to you?
- No.
- I would expect two sentences.
- I wonder who might have done this to him.
- Whoever did this wanted him to die slowly .
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Laborious1) Is that sentence natural to you?No. I would expect two sentences.
I wonder who might have done this to him. Whoever did this wanted him to die slowly.
Laborious2) The sentence contains the verb phrase 'might have done'. What meaning does it convey, please?Uncertainty about the perpetrator.
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