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 #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:59 pm "would have said" vs "would said" |
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Hi Edison,
#2 is wrong. |
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 06, 2007 17:12 pm "would have said" vs "would said" |
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| 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?
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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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| #4 (permalink) Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:06 am "would have said" vs "would said" |
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| 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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