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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

were late / would be late

1i00If I had known 01b00you would be late02b00, I would've waited for you.02i02br
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00I think this is correct.02br
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00Can I say without changing the meaning,02br
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01i00If I had known 01b00you were late02b00, I would've waited for you.02i02br
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00I think the fact that you were late is what the speaker already know right now, so the past simple could be used in the if-clause. It could be casual spoken English, though.02br
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00Thanks02br
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0This is what I think. "If I had known" put you back in time to the point where you didn't know she would/wouldn't come. 0-

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0This is what I think. "If I had known" put you back in time to the point where you didn't know she would/wouldn't come. I hope this makes sense to you.02br
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00So, I would choose the first one.0-
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0Hi LiJ02br
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01i00If I 01b00had 02b00known 01b00you would be late02b00, I would01b00've02b00 waited for you.02i00 01b00(correct)02b02br
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00The other sentence is not correct.02br
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00The fact is that you 01b00h
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0Thanks, New2 and YL.02br
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00I agree with you. I wonder if natives say 'you were late' in very casual spoken English.0-
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0I'm just having trouble making sense of this at all. If I'd have known you were going to be so late, I never would have waited for you -- now that makes sense. If I'd know you were going to be only a little late, I would have waited for you. 02br
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00But the way this is written, I didn't wait for you (at all). So your being late would have made me wait? How odd - since ba
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10I'm just having trouble making sense of this at all. If I'd have known you were going to be 11u10so12u10 late, I never would have waited for you -- now that makes sense. If I'd know you were going to be only a little late, I would have waited for you. 12br
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1i01font00If I'd know02font00 you were going to be only a little late, I would have waited for you.02i02br
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01i00Is the highlighted phase short for If I would know or there's a typo and it's short for If I had known?02i0-
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0>01i01font00If I'd know02font00 you were going to be only a little late, I would have waited for you.02i02br
00If I would know. 02br
00Wrong here. 0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite11i11font10If I'd know12font10 you were going to be only a little late, I would have waited for you.12i12br
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11i10Is the highlighted phase short for If I would know or there's a typo and it's short for If I had known?12i12b
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0Yes it was a typo. I"ve been having some problems with my C key, and now apparently my N key. I have to really whack it, and then sometimes I get 3 of them. Grrr.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10 11i11b10If I'd have known12b12i10 you were going to be so late, I never would have waited for you12blockquote
10That can't be a typo, although it could be a Freudian slip... if you really never say it
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