I would have been intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough. vs I had been intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. The first phrase "i would have been intending to stop smoking even before i got this bad cough." implies a hypothetical situation in the past, while the second phrase "i had been intending to stop smoking even before i got this bad cough." indicates a past action that was already happening before another past event.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 3141 views

I would have been intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough.

This phrase is correct and implies a hypothetical situation in the past.

This phrase is used to talk about a hypothetical intention to stop smoking that existed before the occurrence of a bad cough.

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I would have been intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough.
Plus, I would have been seen as his stooge and rendered useless.
I would have been what you taught me to be.
Otherwise, I would have been totally dead.
Not that I would have been throwed out.
In which case, I would have been forced to confiscate his goods.
Win or lose, I would have been satisfied.
Then I would have been kicked out too.
Whereas I would have been delighted...
I would have been much nicer.
I think I would have been good at choosing the person.
I would have been lost without my faith.
I would have been so scared.
I would have been a freer man behind bars.
Recently, I would have been very clingy to you.
Maybe I would have been a terrible grandmother too.
I would have been a great mother to your baby.
I would have been happy to meet you at a restaurant.
I would have been sorry to leave without your farewell.
And I would have been a better character witness.
And I would have been a better character witness.

I had been intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough.

This phrase is correct and indicates a past action that was already happening before another past event.

This phrase is used to express the idea that the intention to stop smoking was already in progress before the bad cough happened.

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War, as he put it, was an admission of failure, although he felt the US had been intending to take this route for sometime.
include smoking cessation information such as telephone numbers, e-mail addresses or Internet sites intending to inform consumers about the programmes that are available to support persons who want to stop smoking;
I've been intending to have that fixed.
There's evidence he may have been intending To assassinate the president.
The Commission proposal will help people to stop smoking.
Even before I met you, I had an instinct about you.
I had this idea even before I made "Tetsuo"...
We've been intending to have it repaired.
I mean, heels were a pain even before I had a plastic leg.
It is necessary for you to stop smoking.
First, you have to stop smoking.
It got Major Bruce to stop smoking.
You have to stop smoking that morphine.
You have character to stop smoking.
Stacey thinks Nicaragua is a gum you chew to stop smoking.
Like when your doctor tells you to stop smoking.
Tom couldn't get Mary to stop smoking.
Man, I got to stop smoking these things.
It's probably too late to stop smoking.
Neither did Minelli when I hypnotized him to stop smoking.

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I would have been intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough. vs I had been intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough.