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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

expressing intention for double-past

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00I think there isn't a modal to indicate what your intentions are in a double or triple or however-many-more-in-the-past time. How could you rephrase this in a more elegant terms to avoid possible awkwardness?02br
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00I01u00 would have been02u00 able to do make this toy ship yesterday and I certainly 01u00would have been02u00 able to do make the same ship the day before yesterday. 02br
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00I would have taken with me to Tokyo yesterday in my trip and I certainly would have taken with me the day before yesterday, had I had the intention to do so.0-
  

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02br 02br 01i 00I would have been able to 01b 00make02b 00 this toy ship yesterday and I certainly would have been able01b 00 to make02b 00 the same ship the day before yesterday. 02i 00 0-

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00They are as elegant as you can get in English-- if it doesn't have the modal, it doesn't need it.02br
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01i00I would have been able to 01b00make02b00 this toy ship yesterday and I certainly would have been able01b00 to make02b00 the same ship the day before yesterday. 02br
00I would hav
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0 The actions seem pretty similar to me, thus there's no need to repeat:02br
01i00I01u00 would have been02u00 able to do make this toy ship yesterday 01b00and the day before yesterday. 02b02i02br
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01i00I 01u00would have taken 02u00you with me to Tokyo 01b00yester
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