She would be joining us tomorrow
(But she didn't sign up for the ski trip last week and she isn't going to join us tomorrow.)
Hi. I found the above example here (https://www.englishpage.com/conditional/mixedconditional.html)
Is it correct to say “If she had signed up for the ski trip last week, she would have been joining us tomorrow.”, “If she had signed up for the ski trip last week, she would have joined us tomorrow.”, or “If she had signed up for the ski trip last week, she would join us tomorrow.” Do they mean the same thing as the original?
Previously asked here: http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/she-would-be-joining-have-been-joining-have-joined-us.3606418/#post-18362498
But I think teddy’s explanation a bit foreign to me and there might be some problems with it, which thwart my understanding of it.
Thank you.Top answer
If she had signed up for the ski trip last week, she would join / would be joining / would have joined / would have been joining us tomorrow. To my ear, they all amount to the same thing. However, those on the second line seem less precise because they are in the past point of view, which is a little odd with 'tomorrow'.
- If she had signed up for the ski trip last week, she would join / would be joining / would have joined / would have been joining us tomorrow.
- To my ear, they all amount to the same thing.
- However, those on the second line seem less precise because they are in the past point of view, which is a little odd with 'tomorrow'.
- CJ
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If she had signed up for the ski trip last week, she
would join / would be joining /
would have joined / would have been joining
us tomorrow.
To my ear, they all amount to the same thing. However, those on the second line seem less precise because they are in the past point of view, which is a little odd with 'tomorrow'.
CJ
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