eggcracker
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Is "would have p.p" used to make sentence more ambiguous than "would"?
Hello.
When someone is expecting the following result if something occasioned after certain event in the past, then I think there will be "would" in the sentence to indicate the possible results in the past.
And I wonder if "would have p.p" is similar to "would" in this light, but "would have p.p" will be used as a expression more ambiguous than "would". So I supposed "would have p.p" is similar to the expression "Maybe/Perhaps ~would~"(more ambiguous than "would".
Are these sentences(1, 2) are grammatical and mean still the same thing even the structures are changed? If not, would anyone please give me explanation about these or correction? I will be grateful for help.
1."I would have liked being with them."
="Maybe/Perhaps I(the narrator) would like being with them(if something happened to narrator)."
2."The VIP would have arrived at the hotel front by now."
="Maybe/Perhaps VIP would arrive at the front by now."
Hello.
When someone is expecting the following result if something occasioned after certain event in the past, then I think there will be "would" in the sentence to indicate the possible results in the past.
And I wonder if "would have p.p" is similar to "would" in this light, but "would have p.p" will be used as a expression more ambiguous than "would". So I supposed "would have p.p" is similar to the expression "Maybe/Perhaps ~would~"(more ambiguous than "would".
Are these sentences(1, 2) are grammatical and mean still the same thing even the structures are changed? If not, would anyone please give me explanation about these or correction? I will be grateful for help.
1."I would have liked being with them."
="Maybe/Perhaps I(the narrator) would like being with them(if something happened to narrator)."
2."The VIP would have arrived at the hotel front by now."
="Maybe/Perhaps VIP would arrive at the front by now."
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