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Johnson13 Posted 13 years ago
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We would have liked to invite all our relatives, but you have to draw the line somewhere.
A sentence from a dictionary: We would have liked to invite all our relatives, but you have to draw the line somewhere.
In the WOULD HAVE + past participle construction, it's used usually to refer to a past event,
eg If we had decided to get up a party, we would have liked to invite all our relatives.
which is a counter-factual conditiional, but in the second half of that sentence, why not HAD but HAVE?
In the WOULD HAVE + past participle construction, it's used usually to refer to a past event,
eg If we had decided to get up a party, we would have liked to invite all our relatives.
which is a counter-factual conditiional, but in the second half of that sentence, why not HAD but HAVE?
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Johnson13 in the second half of that sentence, why not HAD but HAVE? It is not a conditional sentence; the clauses simply refer to different times. The first clause refers to a past situation, while the second is the universal present.
- Johnson13 in the second half of that sentence, why not HAD but HAVE?
- It is not a conditional sentence; the clauses simply refer to different times.
- The first clause refers to a past situation, while the second is the universal present.
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Johnson13 in the second half of that sentence, why not HAD but HAVE?It is not a conditional sentence; the clauses simply refer to different times. The first clause refers to a past situation, while the second is the universal present.
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