If I ever made/make a mistake.

[Dharminder Singh]

I wrote in an earlier post:

The so-called 'past' tense is used to distance situations not only in time (present to past) but also in reality (real to less real/unreal).
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The pages you linked us two both say that 'would' is used for past times and for hypothetical/imagined situations.

What do you mean by "so-called" past tense?

 

[Piscean]

[only before noun] used to show that you do not think that the word or phrase that is being used to describe somebody/something is appropriate

so-called adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of so-called adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

 

[Dharminder Singh]

[only before noun] used to show that you do not think that the word or phrase that is being used to describe somebody/something is appropriate

so-called adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of so-called adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

Please share a link to read about "distancing" in English. I think I need to read by myself.

 

[Piscean]

Distancing is one of the themes of a series of UE articles on English tenses.

 

[Dharminder Singh]

[only before noun] used to show that you do not think that the word or phrase that is being used to describe somebody/something is appropriate

so-called adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of so-called adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

I know defination very well.
I just want to ask why have you called these past forms "so-called"?

 

[Dharminder Singh]

Distancing is one of the themes of a series of UE articles on English tenses.

This link merely contains examples, no explanation. Please suggest something easier. I found it very complex.

 

[emsr2d2]

I know the definition very well.
I just want to ask why have you called these past forms "so-called".

The reason for using "so-called" is because they don't always refer to the past.

 

[Dharminder Singh]

The reason for using "so-called" is because they don't always refer to the past.

Why did you cancel "have"?

 

[jutfrank]

Why have you called these past forms "so-called"? [direct question]

I just want to ask why you have called these past forms "so-called"? [indirect question]

Look at the word order of the subject and auxiliary.