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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Referring to the past

If I want to say that I want to go to the past and change something, how would i do so? Like...

If I could go back to last year, I never would have made that decison.

Is that accurate?
  

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I think you should do it like this: If I could go back to last year, I would never make that decision. Compare: If I could have gone back to last year, I would never have made that decision.

  • I think you should do it like this: If I could go back to last year, I would never make that decision.
  • Compare: If I could have gone back to last year, I would never have made that decision.
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I think you should do it like this:

If I could go back to last year, I would never make that decision.

Compare:

If I could have gone back to last year, I would never have made that decision.
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AnonymousIf I want to say that I want to go to the past and change something, how would i do so? Like...

If I could go back to last year, I never would have made that decison.

Is that accurate?

That's right. The following is typical:

If I had it to do over again, I would never have made that decision.

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