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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Would not have been?
Dear Everyone,
If I want to express that the people the speaker was talking to always paid attention, do I say
I never noted/observed that the audience would not have not been paying attention or would have been bored.
or
I never noted/observed that the audience did not pay attention / were not paying attention or was bored.
Please, could you tell me which is correct? Thank you!
If I want to express that the people the speaker was talking to always paid attention, do I say
I never noted/observed that the audience would not have not been paying attention or would have been bored.
or
I never noted/observed that the audience did not pay attention / were not paying attention or was bored.
Please, could you tell me which is correct? Thank you!
Top answer
I never noted/observed that the audience would not have not been paying attention or would have been bored . or I never noted/observed that the audience did not pay attention / were not paying attention or was bored . Between the two, the second one is better.
- I never noted/observed that the audience would not have not been paying attention or would have been bored .
- or I never noted/observed that the audience did not pay attention / were not paying attention or was bored .
- Between the two, the second one is better.
- The first one is not idiomatic.
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I never noted/observed that the audience would not have not been paying attention or would have been bored.
or
I never noted/observed that the audience did not pay attention / were not paying attention or
or
I never noted/observed that the audience did not pay attention / were not paying attention or
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