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Guzhao67 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Could have produced vs could produce
hi there: the following sentence was taken from Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway:
"He was a perfect specimen of the public school type, she said. No country but England could
have produced him."
My question is: what's the meaning of "could have produced"? can we put "could produce" instead? what's the difference between "could have produced" and "could produce" in this context?
"He was a perfect specimen of the public school type, she said. No country but England could
have produced him."
My question is: what's the meaning of "could have produced"? can we put "could produce" instead? what's the difference between "could have produced" and "could produce" in this context?
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guzhao67 what's the meaning of "could have produced"? t. 1.
- guzhao67 what's the meaning of "could have produced"?
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- to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- guzhao67 can we put "could produce" instead?
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guzhao67what's the meaning of "could have produced"?This Random House Dictionary definition fits quite well:
–v.t.
1. to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
guzhao67can we put "could produce" instead?
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