By Analogies, Simple past

Milky wrote:You're welcome. Alternatives could be: What would you have said verbals are if you had been allowed to say only one sentence and this sentence was not to contain the words: participle, gerund, infinitive?" (to be of obligation) ..................... What would you have said...

Another country heard from. 1. Mr. Pendantic has explained this extensively by providing the relevant context. 2. This is the exact analog of the corresponding present-point-of-view sentence, thus: 2a. (Now) I realize that I have had it in my pocket all along. 2b. (At that time) I realized...