Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Would have p.p/ Might have p.p ?
Please look at this sentence.
"The figures indicates that in these two years alone 9 million people would have joined the ranks of people officially registered as unemployed"
In this sentence, for "would have joined"
It doesn't look one of representative third conditionals, because in my view the second conditional has wishful nuance and the third conditional has a regretful nuance,
eg If I had enough money, I would go to Japan. ( wishful mood in my idea)
eg If I had had enough money, I would have gone to Japan ( a little regretful and wistful atmosphere in my idea)
The meaning of that words,would have Past Participle, looks may(might) have Past Participle to me.
Can I change "would have joined" in the sentence to "might have joined" ?
Thank you for your answer in advance.
"The figures indicates that in these two years alone 9 million people would have joined the ranks of people officially registered as unemployed"
In this sentence, for "would have joined"
It doesn't look one of representative third conditionals, because in my view the second conditional has wishful nuance and the third conditional has a regretful nuance,
eg If I had enough money, I would go to Japan. ( wishful mood in my idea)
eg If I had had enough money, I would have gone to Japan ( a little regretful and wistful atmosphere in my idea)
The meaning of that words,would have Past Participle, looks may(might) have Past Participle to me.
Can I change "would have joined" in the sentence to "might have joined" ?
Thank you for your answer in advance.
Top answer
'Would have joined' is a more confident estimate than 'might have joined'.
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'Would have joined' is a more confident estimate than 'might have joined'.
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I see. Then, did you mean that it is not wrong in grammar even though I use "might have joined" there? I'd better use "would have joined" there. Thank you for your kind answer,Mr.Micawber
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Son Jamesdid you mean that it is not wrong in grammarIt is not wrong in grammar, but it changes the writer's intent somewhat.
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Thank you so much.Thanks to you, I could understand the meaning of "would have joined" in the sentence.Thanks once again,Mr.Micawber
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