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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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What's the difference

I was to go on monday
I was to have gone on monday
  

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My feeling is that if Monday is now in the past then you would tend to use the latter one, but if Monday is still in the future then you could use either. I don't think this is totally clear-cut though. " M onday" needs a capital.

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  • My feeling is that if Monday is now in the past then you would tend to use the latter one, but if Monday is still in the future then you could use either.
  • I don't think this is totally clear-cut though.
  • " M onday" needs a capital.
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My feeling is that if Monday is now in the past then you would tend to use the latter one, but if Monday is still in the future then you could use either. I don't think this is totally clear-cut though.

"Monday" needs a capital.
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But was ,here,refers to the past not the future
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AnonymousBut was ,here,refers to the past not the future
In the case when Monday is in the future, "was" refers to the past time when you were still expecting to go on Monday. The implication is that you are no longer expecting to go on Monday. "I was to have gone on Monday, but now it's been cancelled."
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