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Liton Das Posted 7 years ago
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In an interrogation Nebula said Ronan


If he knew where they were headed, he would have already told us.


Now why knew, headed and all I don't understand she could just simply say

If he had known he would have already told us. She's asking about Peter quill who broke the jail and ran away with 4 of his Friends 24 hours before the interrogation or lesser than that. The sentence was taken from Guardian of the galaxy vol 1 Hollywood movie.

  

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1) If he knew where they were headed, he would have already told us. 2) If he had known, he would have already told us. , in which direction or to which destination they were travelling) explains what he might know.

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  • 1) If he knew where they were headed, he would have already told us.
  • 2) If he had known, he would have already told us.
  • , in which direction or to which destination they were travelling) explains what he might know.
  • This information is omitted in (2).
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1) If he knew where they were headed, he would have already told us.
2) If he had known, he would have already told us.

"where they were headed" (meaning the same as "where they were heading", i.e., in which direction or to which destination they were travelling) explains what he might know. This information is omitted in (2). The omission of this information is

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