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My pet dog died last summer, she was the only one I had, but I was sure after a year I would get over it.

Or should I say I had get over it there instead?

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    "I would get over it" is correct. You can also say "...after a year I would have gotten over it".
    – Kristina Lopez
    Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 15:04
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    @KristinaLopez- The difference is that with the OP's sentence you could follow it with, "And I did." while with yours you could only follow with, "But I didn't".
    – Jim
    Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 15:08
  • You cannot say had get: there is no such form in English. You might do better over at our sister-site for English Language Learners.
    – tchrist ♦
    Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 16:01
  • in short, always go for more shorter sentences if you need to be clear.
    – Fattie
    Commented Jul 23, 2014 at 8:22

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There is nothing grammatically wrong with your sentence, except a bit of possible ambiguity: it's not completely clear whether you mean

My pet dog died last summer; she was the only one I had, but I was sure that after a year I would get over it.

or

My pet dog died last summer; she was the only one I had, but after a year, I was sure that [at some point soon] I would get over it.

Without explicitly including the conjunction, either of those two interpretations are at least possible. Which one is more likely would depend on context.

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    An alternative for the second meaning, without needing to rearrange, is just to insert the "that" after "year".
    – Rupe
    Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 16:20
  • Yes, the first is clearly expressed as I was sure that after a year I would get over it. And the second is clearly expressed as I was sure after a year that I would get over it.
    – Drew
    Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 19:41

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