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If we had invested in that company earlier, we would have seen significant returns by now.

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Narrator

If we had invested in that company earlier, we would have seen significant returns by now.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

You should have invested in that company earlier to see significant returns.

Describing Habits

We usually invest early in promising companies to maximize our returns.

Asking About Others

Did you invest in that company when it was first offered?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If we hadn't waited, we would have a much larger portfolio now.

Rephrased versions

Formal

An earlier investment in that company would have yielded substantial returns by this time.

Casual

We missed the boat on that company; we could have made a killing.

Simpler English

Investing earlier would have made us a lot of money.

Phrases to learn

invested in

To put money into something with the expectation of profit.

significant returns

Substantial profits or gains.