any grammar greeks around?

[beakerboy]

Anyone who knew me back then will tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would've told you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.

Uhm, out of these 3 sentences, which one works?

[DeftonesFan665]

At 7/5/14 10:06 PM, beakerboy wrote: Anyone who knew me back then will tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would've told you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.

Uhm, out of these 3 sentences, which one works?

The third one is the best option.

[beakerboy]

At 7/5/14 10:08 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote:
The third one is the best option.

okay, thanks C:

[koopahermit]

I can't help you with this. It's not in greek.

[beakerboy]

At 7/5/14 10:19 PM, koopahermit wrote: I can't help you with this. It's not in greek.

D:

[Sensationalism]

Third is closest but not quite there.

[FiendMachine]

At 7/5/14 10:19 PM, koopahermit wrote: I can't help you with this. It's not in greek.

Exactly

[Prinzy2]

What tense do you desire?

[Jercurpac]

At 7/5/14 10:06 PM, beakerboy wrote: Anyone who knew me back then will tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would've told you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.

Uhm, out of these 3 sentences, which one works?

Depends on the context that the sentence is appearing in. The first one you're appealing to the reader to seek out confirmation from a third party. The second sentence comes off more that you don't really expect the reader to seek out a third-party confirmation. The third sentence has more of an implication that for, reasons unstated, the reader can no longer get the confirmation from a third party.

[beakerboy]

At 7/5/14 10:53 PM, Prinzy2 wrote: What tense do you desire?

This is a first-second person POV essay where I am directly having a conversation with the reader. The tricky thing I guess is I shift tense to talk about past events and then present when I talk about myself in context of being in the room speaking to the reader.

[beakerboy]

At 7/5/14 11:00 PM, Jercurpac wrote:
Depends on the context that the sentence is appearing in. The first one you're appealing to the reader to seek out confirmation from a third party. The second sentence comes off more that you don't really expect the reader to seek out a third-party confirmation. The third sentence has more of an implication that for, reasons unstated, the reader can no longer get the confirmation from a third party.

this is very insightful... thanks :D

I guess the third one doesn't work then. hmm based on this the second one is best :D

[satanbrain]

Ópoios me gnó̱riza tóte tha sou élega óti egó̱ vévaios o̱s kólasi̱ í̱thele na eínai.

[Prinzy2]

At 7/5/14 11:00 PM, beakerboy wrote: This is a first-second person POV essay where I am directly having a conversation with the reader. The tricky thing I guess is I shift tense to talk about past events and then present when I talk about myself in context of being in the room speaking to the reader.

Sort of like when time freezes in the middle of the movie and the character is talking to the audience and foreshadows?

[beakerboy]

At 7/5/14 11:10 PM, Prinzy2 wrote:

At 7/5/14 11:00 PM, beakerboy wrote: This is a first-second person POV essay where I am directly having a conversation with the reader. The tricky thing I guess is I shift tense to talk about past events and then present when I talk about myself in context of being in the room speaking to the reader.

Sort of like when time freezes in the middle of the movie and the character is talking to the audience and foreshadows?

Well no because this is nonfiction..
What you just described is a Soliloquy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliloquy

[DeftonesFan665]

At 7/5/14 11:04 PM, beakerboy wrote:

this is very insightful... thanks :D

I guess the third one doesn't work then. hmm based on this the second one is best :D

Now that I think about it, all of those sentences can work, but you don't provide us with any text to compare the three to really decide which one is correct. If you need to know which sentence is best for something you're writing you should type up the portion in which one of these sentences are to be used in. It all depends on the surrounding text.

[beakerboy]

At 7/5/14 11:59 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote:

At 7/5/14 11:04 PM, beakerboy wrote:

this is very insightful... thanks :D

I guess the third one doesn't work then. hmm based on this the second one is best :D

Now that I think about it, all of those sentences can work, but you don't provide us with any text to compare the three to really decide which one is correct. If you need to know which sentence is best for something you're writing you should type up the portion in which one of these sentences are to be used in. It all depends on the surrounding text.

trust me the second one is the one I need to use
But since I got help writing this essay I will post it to the writing forums after I turn it in to my English teacher coz I made people curious now I suppose

[DeftonesFan665]

At 7/6/14 01:22 PM, beakerboy wrote:

At 7/5/14 11:59 PM, DeftonesFan665 wrote:

At 7/5/14 11:04 PM, beakerboy wrote:

this is very insightful... thanks :D

I guess the third one doesn't work then. hmm based on this the second one is best :D

Now that I think about it, all of those sentences can work, but you don't provide us with any text to compare the three to really decide which one is correct. If you need to know which sentence is best for something you're writing you should type up the portion in which one of these sentences are to be used in. It all depends on the surrounding text.

trust me the second one is the one I need to use
But since I got help writing this essay I will post it to the writing forums after I turn it in to my English teacher coz I made people curious now I suppose

Still, it would've been easier if you just typed the surrounding text of where you wanted to place one of those sentences in your essay. Too late now though.

[HeavenDuff]

At 7/5/14 11:00 PM, beakerboy wrote:

At 7/5/14 10:53 PM, Prinzy2 wrote: What tense do you desire?

This is a first-second person POV essay where I am directly having a conversation with the reader. The tricky thing I guess is I shift tense to talk about past events and then present when I talk about myself in context of being in the room speaking to the reader.

The first sentence is the only one that doesn't work, in my sense at least. It implies that anyone who knows you will eventually tell the reader that "you wanted" whatever you wanted. Which is kind of weird if you think about it :P

[Ericho]

At 7/5/14 10:06 PM, beakerboy wrote: Anyone who knew me back then would tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.

I think I am a grammar geek, so I'm going with this one.

[24901miles]

At 7/5/14 10:06 PM, beakerboy wrote: Anyone who knew me back then will tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would've told you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.

Uhm, out of these 3 sentences, which one works?

"I sure as hell wanted it to be. Anyone…everyone who knew me back then could tell you that."
"Anyone who knew me back then would have known I wanted it to be. Sure as hell, I wanted it."
"People come and go. Them people I knowed in them ole days woulda sayed I sure as hell wanted it to be."

[RWT]

At 7/5/14 10:06 PM, beakerboy wrote: Anyone who knew me back then will tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would've told you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.

Uhm, out of these 3 sentences, which one works?

All three of them work; they're perfectly grammatically correct and all mean different things.

[Ericho]

At 7/6/14 06:06 PM, RWT wrote: All three of them work; they're perfectly grammatically correct and all mean different things.

Good, I thought it might be a trick question and they were all wrong.

[fieldertiger]

At 7/5/14 10:06 PM, beakerboy wrote: Anyone who knew me back then will tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would tell you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.
Anyone who knew me back then would've told you that I sure as hell wanted it to be.

Uhm, out of these 3 sentences, which one works?

The third one looks legit to me.