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Stassri Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Would have had to
"- What? You told her?
- We would have had to eventually."
I don't understand the use of 'have had' here. Why not simply say 'We would have to eventually.'?
- We would have had to eventually."
I don't understand the use of 'have had' here. Why not simply say 'We would have to eventually.'?
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Both are okay. (If I hadn't told her,) we would have (had) to eventually.
- Both are okay.
- (If I hadn't told her,) we would have (had) to eventually.
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Both are okay.
(If I hadn't told her,) we would have (had) to eventually.
(If I hadn't told her,) we would have (had) to eventually.
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StassriI don't understand the use of 'have had' here.It is used to indicate an unreal situation in the past: If we had not told her, we would have had to eventually.
StassriWhy not simply say 'We would have to eventually'?This would be incorrect and illogical, since it would refer to an unreal event in the f
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Aspara GusStassriI don't understand the use of 'have had' here.It is used to indicate an unreal situation in the past: If we had not told her, we would have had to eventually. StassriWhy not simply say 'We would have to eventually'?This would be incorrect and illogical, since it would refer to an unreal event in the future.Don't complicate it with technicalit
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