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"I would like to have come" vs "I would have liked to come"
I wonder why it is correct to say:
I would like to have come but I was not informed.
Wouldn't it be better to say: I would have liked to come?
(I found many examples on Google).
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"I could have lunch before you arrived."
I'm having a discussion on Duolingo about this sentence in French that translates into:
I was able to have lunch before you arrived.
An alternate translation (also accepted by Duolingo) goes like ...
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What does "It can't have been her you saw yesterday: she is abroad." become in indirect reported speech?
What does the sentence:
It can't have been her you saw yesterday: she is abroad.
become in indirect reported speech?
He told me it…
can't have been (?)
couldn't have been (?)
… her I had seen ...
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