Oh, I love those questions about the firmness of the positions. Thanks so
much, Barb, this is immensely helpful.
-Cheri (slowly unwaffling)
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Barbara Becker <bjbecker@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Cheri,
You'd is past perfect tense. You've is present perfect.
Verb tenses of the person speaking are future intention, past and past,
present (with future suggested).
There is only the one verb associated with you. So in MO either could be
correct depending on where you want the stress.
How firm is your past? You'd.
How firm is your current possession? You've.
Keep in mind person speaking tells of what might happen - present with
future implied and about what has happened clearly in past tense. I think
for that reason I'd lean towards you'd.
Barb
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-------- Original message --------
From: "C. Frazer" <clfrazer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04-25-2017 4:04 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mea] Help un-waffle me, please: you've or you'd?
Halp. The sentence below is from a panel in a graphic novel. The next
panel says "IF you ever get out of here!"
"And your new slave drivers won’t be returning the money they stole from
your pockets when they arrested you, *nor the acres of land you’ve tamed*,
once you get out of here…"
"...nor the acres of land YOU'VE tamed"
"...nor the acres of land YOU'D tamed"
?
I'm leaning toward "you've" but I keep waffling.
I tried it with "you tamed" but it doesn't sound right.
Thx,
Cheri
