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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

verb (2)

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I’d have liked a day’s skiing. (1) = I’d like to have had a day’s skiing. (2) ?

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The first expresses a past desire about the activity of skiing as imagined by the speaker. The second expresses a present desire about an action which was not taken by the speaker. Both can be taken as expressions of mild regret.

— CalifJim

  • The first expresses a past desire about the activity of skiing as imagined by the speaker.
  • The second expresses a present desire about an action which was not taken by the speaker.
  • Both can be taken as expressions of mild regret.
  • CJ
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The first expresses a past desire about the activity of skiing as imagined by the speaker.
The second expresses a present desire about an action which was not taken by the speaker.

Both can be taken as expressions of mild regret.

CJ
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