RE: To the Moderators, please!
September 21, 2012 at 12:12 am
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2012 at 12:13 am by Mystic.)
I let him know what swords I will bring to the debate. (sounds perfectly fine).
If he said that, it would've meant that he still agrees to debate you.
But saying what I would bring, is at best unclear, and at worse in your case, given that he rejected your proposal to debate you, given that context, it seems rather he meant it the sense what he would've done had he debated you.
And if it was past tense, correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't it be:
"I let him know what I would have brought to the debate...." (but even that it would be unclear)
because "I would bring to the debate" is present tense as well, and the words "I will bring to debate" would've meant he still agrees to debate you...
As I said it's unclear at most, and at worse, the context shows he meant something else.
If he said that, it would've meant that he still agrees to debate you.
But saying what I would bring, is at best unclear, and at worse in your case, given that he rejected your proposal to debate you, given that context, it seems rather he meant it the sense what he would've done had he debated you.
And if it was past tense, correct me if I'm wrong, wouldn't it be:
"I let him know what I would have brought to the debate...." (but even that it would be unclear)
because "I would bring to the debate" is present tense as well, and the words "I will bring to debate" would've meant he still agrees to debate you...
As I said it's unclear at most, and at worse, the context shows he meant something else.
