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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
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would like

Hi,

Can I write: I'd have liked to have gone skiing. ?

(1) (2)

In this case, can I understand (1) and (2) happened in the past and (2) had happend before (1)?

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Yes, you're right on both. Caveat: this means you did NOT go skiing, but you had the wish later (retroactively/looking back). Search at Yahoo with: "I'd have liked to have gone" bbc (quotes are important) to find BBC quotations such as these: BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Shooting | 'Perfect' Alipov takes gold " I'd have liked to have gone out shooting a better performance than this but at the end of the day I can only go out and try my best and it wasn't to be," he said.

— Marius Hancu

  • Yes, you're right on both.
  • Caveat: this means you did NOT go skiing, but you had the wish later (retroactively/looking back).
  • Search at Yahoo with: "I'd have liked to have gone" bbc (quotes are important) to find BBC quotations such as these: BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Shooting | 'Perfect' Alipov takes gold " I'd have liked to have gone out shooting a better performance than this but at the end of the day I can only go out and try my best and it wasn't to be," he said.
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Yes, you're right on both.
Caveat: this means you did NOT go skiing, but you had the wish later (retroactively/looking back).

Search at Yahoo with:
"I'd have liked to have gone" bbc
(quotes are important)
to find BBC quotations such as these:


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