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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009whenever you went...
Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? "Whenever you went, I would find you." I heard this in a British movie. >Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? > >"Whenever you went, I would find you." > >I heard this in a British movie. No. It means: 'it makes no difference when you leave: I shall still find you'. fyfpoon@gmail.com skrev: > Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? > "Whenever you went, I would find you." Yes, it is not very meaningful. > I heard this in a British movie. Are you sure that they did not say: Wherever you went, I would find you.  SignatureBertel, Denmark > fyfp...@gmail.com skrev: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > -- > Bertel, Denmark Yes, wherever... Quoth "fyfpoon@gmail.com" <fyfpoon@gmail.com>, and I quote: >> fyfp...@gmail.com skrev: >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Yes, wherever... Then there is nothing wrong with the sentence. Why do you wonder? The speaker could also have said: Wherever you go, I will find you. SignatureJames > Quoth "fyfp...@gmail.com" <fyfp...@gmail.com>, and I quote: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Then there is nothing wrong with the sentence. Why do you wonder? Should it be 'Wherever you go, I would find you.'? Is there a condition clause implied in 'Wherever you went, I would find you.'? > The speaker could also have said: > Wherever you go, I will find you. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > - 显示引用的文字 - Quoth "fyfpoon@gmail.com" <fyfpoon@gmail.com>, and I quote: >> Quoth "fyfp...@gmail.com" <fyfp...@gmail.com>, and I quote: >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Should it be 'Wherever you go, I would find you.'? No. >Is there a >condition clause implied in 'Wherever you went, I would find you.'? It behaves very like a conditional clause, with the same sequence of tenses. SignatureJames > Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? > > "Whenever you went, I would find you." > > I heard this in a British movie. I suspect you may have misheard. > <fyfpoon@gmail.com> wrote in message news:a88abcc2-c570-494e-95ec-296baf3785cc@k19g2000prh.googlegroups.com... >> Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I suspect you may have misheard. Or: He is piloting a small plane cross-country and she is the only passenger. She threatens to leave him by parachuting out of the plane. He cannot parachute after her because he has to complete the flight--having saved up his pocket money for weeks in order to buy the plane. SignatureLes (BrE) >Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? > >"Whenever you went, I would find you." > >I heard this in a British movie. It seems to be describing past events. "Every time you went I would find you" or "Every time you went I found you". SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >> Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > "Every time you went I would find you" or "Every time you went I found > you". Or as part of a conversation: A: Of course I found you. I missed you within minutes, so it was easy to track you down. B: I should have waited until you went on your month-long business trip. By the time you discovered I was gone, you would never have been able to find me because the trail would be cold! Next time, that's what I'll do! C: Whenever you went, I would find you. But that's a rather silly dialogue. I think the poster misheard 'Wherever you went, I would find you.' Cheryl >>> Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? >>> "Whenever you went, I would find you." [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >But that's a rather silly dialogue. I think the poster misheard >'Wherever you went, I would find you.' Or it was a movie about time-travel? (Your interpretation came to mind first.) While a mishearing or misspeaking still seems likely, there are multiple ways in which it could have been correct and intentional. SignatureD. Glenn Arthur Jr./The Human Vibrator, dglenn@panix.com Due to hand/wrist problems my newsreading time varies so I may miss followups. "Being a _man_ means knowing that one has a choice not to act like a 'man'." http://www.panix.com/~dglenn/ http://dglenn.livejournal.com > > On Mon, 25 May 2009 05:11:44 -0700 (PDT), "fyfp...@gmail.com" > > <fyfp...@gmail.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Cheryl It was 'wherever', not whenever. But it was said by someone as a direct speech. In message <a88abcc2-c570-494e-95ec-296baf3785cc@k19g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, "fyfpoon@gmail.com" <fyfpoon@gmail.com> writes >Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? > >"Whenever you went, I would find you." > >I heard this in a British movie. My release script CD-ROM only gives: President Andy Shepherd: And if you disappeared, I would find you. 'The American President'. Michael Douglas to Annette Bening. A US motion picture. SignatureJames Follett. Novelist. (G1LXP) http://www.jamesfollett.dswilliams.co.uk http://www.pbase.com/jamesfollett > "fyfpoon@gmail.com" <fyfpoon@gmail.com> writes > >Is there anything wrong with the following sentence? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > 'The American President'. Michael Douglas to Annette Bening. A US > motion picture. American aviator Amelia Earhart: We are running north and south (find me if you can). |
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