Basic Subjunctive Question: El hombre esperó que no ha ido a ese restaurante
Pieso que ese es correcto:-
El hombre esperó que no ha ido a ese restaurante. - because there is only one subject so we don't use the subjunctive
but Microsoft Word is suggesting to me that the answer is :-
El hombre esperó que no haya ido a ese restaurante
Which one is correct please.
9 Answers
The man wished he had not gone to that restaurant.
Actually, esperar is completely off here.
El hombre deseó no haber ido nunca a ese restaurante.
El hombre esperó que no ha ido a ese restaurante. - because there is only one subject so we don't use the subjunctive
That pseudo-rule lets you down too often to be trusted. It is not clear whether the sentence means "the man" or "someone else" in the clause. Without the English version, I can't give you the right advice.
but Microsoft Word is suggesting to me that the answer is :-
Microsoft Word suggests a lot of rubbish both in English and Spanish. The corrector is aimed at common mistakes, not at getting perfect grammatical sentences.
El hombre esperó que no haya ido a ese restaurante
Word's suggestion is crap, as usual:
El hombre esperó no tener que ir a ese restaurante.
HI roger, can you add the English version? I am sorry, I don't know what you want to say
esperar que to wish that ...
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Why are you so against the word in my sentence ?
El hombre esperó no tener que ir a ese restaurante.
Woah, tener que? Why tener que there Lazarus? The man hoped to not have to go to that restaurant is what I see with that, am I wrong? Gracias.
The man wished that he had not gone to the restaurant.
El hombre esperó que nolo había ido a ese restaurante
El hombre esperó que no había ido a ese restaurante.
"había ido"... who??? Your sentence is 99% uncertain.
El hombre esperó que no hubiera ido a ese restaurante
Almost equally uncertain, but the reference is equally vague.
El hombre esperó que no había ido a ese restaurante.
or do I have to say
El hombre esperó que no hubiera ido a ese restaurante
??
I am trying to say,
The man wished he had not gone to that restaurant.
but on reflectio ha ido can't be correct it needs to be
no habia ido
