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Could have + V3 #16 (permalink) Thu May 01, 2008 11:15 am   Could have + V3		  
nessie wrote:
For MFIAG's original sentence:

I could have participated in the upcoming marathon but I didn't want to.

=> I think it is quite possible because the marathon may not take place yet, but the deadline for registering to take part in it has been over, and so, we can still say "could have participated..."

Actually I mean that the registering date isn't over yet. And technically it's still possible to participate in the marathon. What I want to know is whether someone's 100% assurance in not doing something makes this event unreal. So, I repeat, technically it's still possible to participate in the marathon, but he is so sure that he won't participate that he considers the upcoming marathon as the finished one (and for him it'd really ended before it actually began).
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Could have + V3 #17 (permalink) Thu May 01, 2008 13:43 pm   Could have + V3		  
Hi,

This is becoming very complicated. To my simple mind it reads: This would have been possible but it didn't happen at decision time.

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Could have + V3 #18 (permalink) Fri May 02, 2008 16:30 pm   Could have + V3		  
Hic, I'm dumb now!!! (+_+)
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