A: I wonder if you mind having coffee with me some time tomorrow. B: It was half past five. Dad would have finished work. In sentence B, is it necessary to add I thought or I knew? Like: 'It was half past five. I knew he would have finished worked by then.'
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A: I wonder if you mind having coffee with me some time tomorrow. I assume this is meant as an invitation. It doesn't sound like one.
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A: I wonder if you mind having coffee with me some time tomorrow.
I assume this is meant as an invitation.
It doesn't sound like one.
A natural invitation is eg I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee with me some time tomorrow.
: B: It was half past five.
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A: I wonder if you mind having coffee with me some time tomorrow. I assume this is meant as an invitation. It doesn't sound like one. A natural invitation is eg I was wondering if you'd like to have coffee with me some time tomorrow. : B: It was half past five. Dad would have finished work. In sentence B, is it necessary to add I thought or I knew? Like: