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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Could hav been

Jack: What have you been doing for the past hour to make the boss happy?
Alex: I have been wiping the windows.
Jack: You could have been doing better (more productive) things; you could have been preparing his documents; you could have been cleaning his office; or you could have been filtering his email. I think the boss will be impressed by you.

Is the entire conversation correct?
  

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Sorry the last sentence is'I think the will not be impressed by you'.

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  • Sorry the last sentence is'I think the will not be impressed by you'.
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Sorry the last sentence is'I think the will not be impressed by you'.
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AnonymousIs the entire conversation correct?
Grammatically, yes. However, the last sentence is not logical.

After complaining about all the things that Alex could have been doing, Jack says that the boss will be pleased.

Usually, when we complain about what was done, as if we think someone has done all the wrong things, we don't finish the c
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AnonymousSorry the last sentence is'I think the boss will not be impressed by you'.
OK. That makes more sense.

Note this, however: With introductory clauses like "I think", we transfer negation from the following clause into the "I think" clause to form "I don't think".

I think he will not be impressed
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Could you please one more conversation with 'could have been'?
Jack: The boss was really angry with you. He was telling me that you had been doing nothing; you just had been sleeping. you could have been preparing his documents; you could have been cleaning his room to make him impressed.
Alex: Yes, you are right; I didn't do that.
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AnonymousCould you please __check?__ one more conversation with 'could have been'?
I've indicated some alternate versions below which you could have used.
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