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Tostyle un Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Usage of tense
Is this correct english?
I congratulated my friend for opting for computer science course and in return she asked how I got to know or did someone tell me?
So I said "nobody told me I found it out myself.If someone did tell me how would they know you optedfor CS when you didn't anyone." (Did I use the highlighted tense correctly?)
I congratulated my friend for opting for computer science course and in return she asked how I got to know or did someone tell me?
So I said "nobody told me I found it out myself.If someone did tell me how would they know you optedfor CS when you didn't anyone." (Did I use the highlighted tense correctly?)
Can I also say "how would they know if you had opted? (Is the usage of had correct when I have used only would not would have?)
Thank you.
Top answer
tostyle un " N obody told me . I found it out myself . I f someone had told me , how would they have known (that) you opted for CS when you didn't tell anyone ?
- tostyle un " N obody told me .
- I found it out myself .
- I f someone had told me , how would they have known (that) you opted for CS when you didn't tell anyone ?
- I suppose this is how you would say it if it made sense, but to me the whole concept seems illogical.
- Basically you seem to be saying "If X had happened, then Y", where Y shows how X cannot have happened.
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tostyle un"Nobody told me. I found it out myself. If someone had told me, how would they have known (that) you
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