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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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would have


What does 'would have' mean here?
  

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Think of the unreal third conditional: (If it had been up to me,) I wouldn't have chosen for you to find out (about it that way).

— Teechr

  • Think of the unreal third conditional: (If it had been up to me,) I wouldn't have chosen for you to find out (about it that way).
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Think of the unreal third conditional:

(If it had been up to me,) I wouldn't have chosen for you to find out (about it that way).
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teechrIf it had been up to me
Thank you very much, but what is 'it'?
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That "it" in first clause refers to the choosing for you at the second clause.
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contrapositionWhat does 'would have' mean here?
That's not the way [I'd have chosen / I imagine making the choice / I imagine as my preferred way at that time] for you to find out.

CJ
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