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"would have said" vs "would said"



 
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"would have said" vs "would said" #1 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:32 pm   "would have said" vs "would said"		  
Even if she had been here, I would have said the same thing.
Even if she had been here, I would said the same thing.

Which is correct?
What is the true? (1)Was she there actually? (2) Did I said the same thing actually?
When to use the two?

Thanks in advance.
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"would have said" vs "would said" #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:59 pm   "would have said" vs "would said"		  
Hi Edison,

#2 is wrong.
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"would have said" vs "would said" #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 17:12 pm   "would have said" vs "would said"		  
edison_chen_e_c wrote:
Even if she had been here, I would have said the same thing.
Even if she had been here, I would said the same thing.

Which is correct?
What is the true? (1)Was she there actually? (2) Did I said the same thing actually?
When to use the two?

Thanks in advance.

As Pamela indicated, only #1 is correct.

The meaning of sentence 1:

She wasn't here when I said something.
Her presence or absence had no effect on what I said (at that time in the past).
If she had been here (at that time in the past), I would have said the same thing (at that time in the past).


Hope that clarifies things.
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"would have said" vs "would said" #4 (permalink) Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:06 am   "would have said" vs "would said"		  
Yankee wrote:
As Pamela indicated, only #1 is correct.

The meaning of sentence 1:

She wasn't here when I said something.
Her presence or absence had no effect on what I said (at that time in the past).
If she had been here (at that time in the past), I would have said the same thing (at that time in the past).


Hope that clarifies things.

Thank you, Amy.
If there any differece between 'if' and 'even if'?

Even if she had been here, I would have said the same thing.
If she had been here, I would have said the same thing.

Even if she had been here, I would have said the same thing.
Even if she had been here, I would say the same thing.
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