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Imantaghavi Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Would have thought
Hi,
We use "would have thought" to express assumption. I need more clarification:
I'd have thought they'd be here by now. Where are they?(how can we paraphrase the underlined part?)
Thank you in advance,
Iman
We use "would have thought" to express assumption. I need more clarification:
I'd have thought they'd be here by now. Where are they?(how can we paraphrase the underlined part?)
Thank you in advance,
Iman
Top answer
Would have indicates a past conditional. Most likely, you'd say I would think they'd be here by now.
- Would have indicates a past conditional.
- Most likely, you'd say I would think they'd be here by now.
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Would have indicates a past conditional.
Most likely, you'd say
I would think they'd be here by now.
Most likely, you'd say
I would think they'd be here by now.
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imantaghaviI'd have thought they'd be here by now. Where are they?(how can we paraphrase the underlined part?)Paraphrases of the underlined part.
I was thinking that
I was assuming that
I thought that
I assumed that
I believed that
I had the impression that
It seems to me that
It seems reasonable to me to expect tha
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