You might be right Piers, depending on how close the second sentence
is to the meaning I think (or you think) it has ... ;-)
I despair of hearing the present conditional on Radio 4, let alone
the future. We ought to get together, at a suitable hostelry, to
discuss it, not least because it would be nice to see My Preciousss,
I mean the 24 shift, again! ;-)
Chris
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On 15 Dec 2005, at 09:46, Piers Hemy wrote:
> I think it's a _diiferent_ tense required, Chris, since it is clear
> that the
> interviewer is talking about a future date, not a past date. Thus
> "were to
> do", the future conditional, an even rarer species than the
> pluperfect, and
> in that respect way more better an example*.
>
> Alternatively, if you insist on your version, then the interviewer
> would
> need to continue "would have been a better outcome"!! I duly claim
> my £2
> Gift Voucher.
>
> But yes, it also gets up my olfactory organ, this forced
> obsequiousness
> (blimey, can I spell that word?) which is no more than a veiled
> insult.
>
> --
> Piers
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