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Old 24-Dec-2006, 15:28
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"It would be great"

It has "past" or "future" meaning ?
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It would be great if you were here. [present regret]
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It would have been great if you had been here.[ past regret]

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It has a conditional meaning.

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I didnt mean "if clause"
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It would be great is shortened from It would be great if....
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"It would be great"

It has "past" or "future" meaning ?
It has both present and future meaning. It doesn't refer to the past.
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