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Teleostomi Posted 19 years ago
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"I should never have dared to go fishing again!"

0This is from01i00 The Tale of Jeremy Fisher02i00 by Beatrix Fisher.01blockquote
00I have lost my rod and basket; but it does not much matter, for I am sure I should never 11font11b10have12b12font10 dar11font11b10ed12b12font10 to go fishing 11b11font10again12font12b10! 12blockquote
10Could you tell me why the perfect tense was used, although "again" signifies a future event?0-
  

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0 Hi Teleostomi02br 02br 00The word 'again' does not automatically signify the future. 02br 02br 00It's difficult to be sure without more context, but it sounds to me as though the author is or has just finished fishing and is saying that he should not have gone fishing. The "go fishing again" is a reference to his last fishing experience (perhaps that's an experience he's just had).

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  • 0 Hi Teleostomi02br 02br 00The word 'again' does not automatically signify the future.
  • 02br 02br 00It's difficult to be sure without more context, but it sounds to me as though the author is or has just finished fishing and is saying that he should not have gone fishing.
  • The "go fishing again" is a reference to his last fishing experience (perhaps that's an experience he's just had).
  • He uses 'again' because it wasn't the first time he had gone fishing.
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0 Hi Teleostomi02br
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00The word 'again' does not automatically signify the future. It simply means "one more time".02br
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00It's difficult to be sure without more context, but it sounds to me as though the author is or has just finished fishing and is saying that he should not have gone fishing. The "go fishing again" is a reference to his last fi
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0 Because the meaning is not related to 01i00again02i00. You can equally have: 02br
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01i00After that event, I 01b00should/would not have dared02b00 to look into his eyes. 02i02br
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00 He reports his thinking about a 01b00hypothetical 02b00situation in the past, for
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0 Try inserting this clause into the sentence: 'because even if I hadn't lost them'. Thus it would read:02br
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00I have lost my rod and basket; but it does not much matter, because even if I hadn't (lost them), I am sure I should (= would) never 00have 00dar00ed to go fishing again00! 02br
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00Or you can look at it this way: Before l
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00This is from11i10 The Tale of Jeremy Fisher12i10 by Beatrix 11b10Fisher12b10.12blockquote
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