Tense difference

Hi,

A few days back, I wrote something and post it in this forum for corrections. After a while, Mr. M corrected it, but I have one question. What is the difference between the two in terms of the tense change of the second sentence? Remind you that there is no change in the first sentence.

Mr. M's correction:

I remember Sue, who transferred to another school just two months before this graduation date. Had she stayed in our school , she would have been expecting to graduate in a month like me.

My orginal sentences:   

I remember Sue, who transferred to another school just two months before this graduation date. Had she stayed in our school , she would be expecting to graduate in a month like me.

Sorry for not following up this question with the original thread posts. 

Thank you.  I think my version is called a mixed condtionl with present-time implications, whereas Mr. M's correctional effort could be called a type 3 conditional.

My original writing, I believe, dealt with a person about to graduate from middle schoo. I think I wrote how wonderful it was, the teachers and students included. Then, I thought about Sue, then came to this:

Mr. M's correction:

I remember Sue, who transferred to another school just two months before this graduation date. Had she stayed in our school , she would have been expecting to graduate in a month like me.

My orginal sentences:   

I remember Sue, who transferred to another school just two months before this graduation date. Had she stayed in our school , she would be expecting to graduate in a month like me.
 
I feel my version is OK, possibly better, since it carries a present-day implication as a mixed conditional, like "If I had studied harder at high school, I would be expecting to a good college now."

Anonymous

I remember Sue, who transferred to another school just two months before this graduation date. Had she stayed in our school , she would have been expecting to graduate in a month like me.

My orginal sentences:   

I remember Sue, who transferred to another school just two months before this graduation date. Had she stayed in our school , she would be expecting to graduate in a month like me.

 

Both sentences are fine with me. As you say, your sentence has a reference to the present time and gives the reader the impression that the speaker still attends school and has not yet graduated. The first sentence gives the impression that the speaker has graduated from school and Sue would probably have graduated from school as well if she hadn't transferred to another school.

CB