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The Pentagon announcement Thursday of an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon hoovering over Montana changed that plan. In cancelling Blinken's trip, at least for now, the State Department said that the incident "would have narrowed the agenda in a way that would have been unhelpful and unconstructive".
The Washington Post.
Are verb phrases would have narrowed and would have been backshifted from will have narrowed and will have been in the cited paragraph?
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anonymous hoovering over Montana Accidentally funny. Hoovering: It's hovering over Montana. anonymous Are verb phrases would have narrowed and would have been backshifted from will have narrowed and will have been in the cited paragraph?
- anonymous hoovering over Montana Accidentally funny.
- Hoovering: It's hovering over Montana.
- anonymous Are verb phrases would have narrowed and would have been backshifted from will have narrowed and will have been in the cited paragraph?
- Yes, that is completely correct.
- CJ
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