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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Could be dead

Can we say "you could be dead" to mean that you could have died ? Is this part of a sentence like "If he were the killer, you could be dead now" ? Is such usage correct ?
  

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But do we have to write the entire sentence like "If he were the killer ,you could be dead" ?
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Why don't you give me the precise sentence you wish to use, and I'll check that?
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