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Bamtori Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
would have pp
0 If summer didn't heat it enough, then it would not melt, and next winter would add to it, and the winter after that, and on and on, until global warming 01 u 00 would 02 u 00 come to seem like the memory of a lunatic, and another ice age 01 font 00 would have begun 02 font 00 . 02 br
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00 I need help with the usage of <would have pp>. I can't understand why the writher used <would have begun> instead of just <would begin>. Please help~ 0-
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00 I need help with the usage of <would have pp>. I can't understand why the writher used <would have begun> instead of just <would begin>. Please help~ 0-
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0 The sentence is sloppy. I think the writer is wrong in the use of the until-clause. 02 br 02 br 00 paco 0-
- 0 The sentence is sloppy.
- I think the writer is wrong in the use of the until-clause.
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0 The sentence is sloppy. I think the writer is wrong in the use of the until-clause. I'd like to correct it like below. 02 br
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00 If summer didn't heat it (ice cap?) enough, then it would not melt (much), and next winter would add (some ice) to it, and the winter after that, and (the same would continue) on and on until global warming 01 u 00 had come 02 u 00
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00 If summer didn't heat it (ice cap?) enough, then it would not melt (much), and next winter would add (some ice) to it, and the winter after that, and (the same would continue) on and on until global warming 01 u 00 had come 02 u 00
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0 Paco, thanks for your answer. However, the author is a native American. Could there be any other way that could explain why the author used future perfect in this sentence? 0-
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0 Hello 02 br
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00 An 'until'-clause is an adverbial so that it needs not to be in future even when the main clause is in future. Let me make a sentence below (please note the perfective aspect fits best to the statement in 'until'-clauses). 02 br
00 (1) Children will not sleep until father has come back home. 02 br
00 'Pastize' this sentence by changing
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00 An 'until'-clause is an adverbial so that it needs not to be in future even when the main clause is in future. Let me make a sentence below (please note the perfective aspect fits best to the statement in 'until'-clauses). 02 br
00 (1) Children will not sleep until father has come back home. 02 br
00 'Pastize' this sentence by changing
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0 I looked up some sentences with "until" and now I know what you're expaining to me. Thank you so much, Paco. 0-
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0 Hello, 02 br
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00 I can't agree with Paco that the sentence is <sloppy>. The sentence is well constructed and, in my view, has a flowing lyrical quality. As regards the phrase <would have begun>, this means that the beginning of the ice age was earlier, i.e. probably when the snowman, I thought, or ice cap, first did not completely melt. If the phrase <would b
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00 I can't agree with Paco that the sentence is <sloppy>. The sentence is well constructed and, in my view, has a flowing lyrical quality. As regards the phrase <would have begun>, this means that the beginning of the ice age was earlier, i.e. probably when the snowman, I thought, or ice cap, first did not completely melt. If the phrase <would b
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10 If summer didn't heat it enough, then it would not melt, and next winter would add to it, and the winter after that, and on and on, until global warming 11 u 10 would 12 u 10 come to seem like the memory of a lunatic, and another ice age 11 font 10 would have
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Hello everybody, Could someone please help me to know if the following sentence is gramatically correct.
"I expect to have reached the following goal by the end of the next year: I would have finished my study successfully"
Is the use of "would have finished" is correct in the above sentence. I mean is it possible to use "would have PP" instead of for example "will have P
"I expect to have reached the following goal by the end of the next year: I would have finished my study successfully"
Is the use of "would have finished" is correct in the above sentence. I mean is it possible to use "would have PP" instead of for example "will have P
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