Discuss!
What do these mean?




  • They promised that they will see me.
  • They promised that they would see me.


  • I should like to have flown in Concorde.
  • I should have liked to fly in Concorde.
  • I should have liked to have flown in Concorde.


  • All the students have a website.
  • Each of the students has a website.


  • The committee of women began its work. The women received their papers and considered its terms of reference.



Suggestions:
  • It may well still happen and something needs to be sorted out...
  • Present wishes, past wishes...
  • What ought to have been done more or less...
  • Even further back so it will not now be done...
  • Either incorrect or short supply...
  • Whose papers and awkwardness...

 

Adrian Worsfold