Scott Catledge
Professor Emeritus
Colm Dubh H.E.


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  1. cutting the pear in half (5)

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conditional perfect

Scott Cstledge

Date:    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:14:29 -0600
From:    Bruce Despain <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: cutting the pear in half

May we go back to the original question?  Perhaps the following reply would=
 take us on a different tack.

"That's O.K. We would have had to go 'dutch' anyway."
What's the verb tense in the reply?






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