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Pano Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

would come vs. would have come

Hi,

which is the difference between this 2 constructions?

he told me that he would come (present conditional)
he told me that he would have come (past conditional)

or

he told me that he would have to go (present conditional)
he told me that he would have had to go (past conditional)

are they both correct?
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Pano he told me that he would come (present conditional)he told me that he would have come (past conditional) The first indicates that he said he would come. Bill said to me, "I will come". The second indicates that he was unable to come, but would have come if circumstances had permitted it, for example if he had known about it, or had not had another commitment, etc.

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  • Pano he told me that he would come (present conditional)he told me that he would have come (past conditional) The first indicates that he said he would come.
  • Bill said to me, "I will come".
  • The second indicates that he was unable to come, but would have come if circumstances had permitted it, for example if he had known about it, or had not had another commitment, etc.
  • Bill said to me, "I wish you had told me!
  • " Pano he told me that he would have to go (present conditional)he told me that he would have had to go (past conditional) These would depend on the context.
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Panohe told me that he would come (present conditional)he told me that he would have come (past conditional)
The first indicates that he said he would come.
Bill said to me, "I will come".
The second indicates that he was unable to come, but would have come if circumstances had permitted it, for example if he had known about it, or had not had a
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Panohe told me that he would come (present conditional)
It is not present conditional. His actual word were "I will come". In the reporting of this, the 'will' has been backshifted to 'would'.

Note that all your sentences should begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop.
Panohe told me that he would have come (past c
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Panohe told me that he would come (present conditional)
He told me that he would come.
That is not a conditional sentence. This is the use of "would" that expresses a future event relative to an event in the past.
Panohe told me that he would have come (past conditional)
That is not a complete thought, and
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