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Jack
could you help me check this sentence
If the bullet had been one centimetre to the left,he would have been dead now.
How to correct this sentence?
27 nov. 2017 09:07
Réponses · 2
The only thing wrong is the missing space after the comma!
Apart from that, it's fine.
27 novembre 2017
Hello,
This is a sneaky question, at first glance it looks like a well-formed third conditional. The trap is in the word 'now' at the end! This means we should be looking at a mixed conditional where the first part is from a third conditional talking about something in the past but the second part (the result clause) is from a second conditional talking about the present. So the correct version should be: "If the bullet had been one centimetre to the left, he would be dead now."
Hope this helps
Bob
27 novembre 2017
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Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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