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Believer Posted 18 years ago
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sentence - appropriate/right?

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00Please tell me if the use of the underlined sentence is right contextually02br
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00(The father comes home after ordering a pizza one hour ago)02br
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00Father: Hi, guys. You are not eating pizza. 01u00I thought it should have arrived by now and thought you guys will be eating pizza now02u00. I'd better call the pizza shop again and this time, should ask for the reason for not having delivered the pizza.0-
  

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02br 02br 00 I01u 00t should have arrived by now and I thought you guys would be eating pizza. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 02br 02br 00 I01u 00t should have arrived by now and I thought you guys would be eating pizza.
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0Nearly.02br
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00 I01u00t should have arrived by now and I thought you guys would be eating pizza. (In casual speech 'should have' is more naturally 'should've')02u02br
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01u00I thought it would have arrived by now and that you guys would be eating pizza02u00
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0 When 01i00should have02i00 involves expectation it is already an opinion, so the words 01i00I thought02i00, which express an opinion, are usually omitted.02br
01i00... thought ... would ...02i00, not 01i00thought ... will ...02i02br
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