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Dictionary definition: would have liked
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- The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
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would have liked.
This phrase should invariably be followed by a present-tense infinitive—hence
would have liked to go
,
would have liked to read
, not
would have liked to have gone
,
would have liked to have read
. The erroneous phrasings are very ...
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Article: SHOCK NEWS: I LIKED CORELLI; review.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);
May 6, 2001 ;
700+ words
... ... position clear right now. I've read Louis de Bernieres' novel ... call me someone who never liked the last ten minutes of The ... the book and you may not have read it. So let's just say the ... more effective if you haven't read the book. Indeed, it may be ...
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