Hello. &gt;&gt;If I had known you were coming, I would have made a dinner. This is the past hypothetical situation. But I just don't know why I should use " you were coming" in this state. I know t

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Hello. >>If I had known you were coming, I would have made a dinner. This is the past hypothetical situation. But I just don't know why I should use " you were coming" in this state. I know that Present continuous can be used as a future tense. Can I mention "Were coming" as a hypothetical future in the past?. Ohhh I was so confused while I was writing this post.

4 apr 2022 06:19

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Yes, you are exactly right. Also note that "you were coming" is not conditional; it is a noun clause serving as the object of "known": If I had known X (i.e., something, a fact, etc.) I would have made dinner. So congratulations! You're not confused at all :)

4 aprile 2022

Had I known you were coming, I would have made dinner. This sentence indicates that “if” by the time you “hypothetically” knew that she was coming (the action here is active and did not stop)

4 aprile 2022

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