Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-11-19 | Page 10 | Take My Word

I Take My Word By Ely Frank Colby Q Will you please explain the use of t the e expressions I III should have liked to andI andI and andI I should like to have Also is it ever correct to sa say I 1 should have liked to have gone gone T. T. T F F. F C. C A. A Lets Let's take lake the last question question ques ques- tion ion first and then lien forget it It reminds me of Dr poor little parrot who was lost loston loston loston on the thc desert He recalled the delectable sunflower seeds of oC days past and and gasped I should have liked to have been able to lo have been taken to lo I have been fed Then he flopped over dead But not from hunger he ran out of breath So much for the sad story of should have liked to have Theres There's just too much of it The d difference iff ere n c e between should have 1 liked i k ked c d and should like to have lies in inthe inthe inthe the shade of meaning intended For all practical purposes the difference is this I II I should have liked to go and I should have ha liked going say that I did not go because I did not know about the trip that it would have pleased me meto meto meto to go had I known about itI itI itI it I should like to have gone means that I knew about the trip but for some reason I did lid not go that I wanted to go but was unable to lo do so Q If someone asks me about a disease should I say I III have had it it I h. h had it or I III had had it it M. it M I. I P. P A. A Again the choice depends on the time element clement or orthe orthe orthe the meaning intended One cansay cansay can cansay say I have had diphtheria so soI I am not afraid of it I had had diphtheria and was immune to lo the disease before I was 10 years old I had diphtheria last year ear