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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Hasn’t survived
Hi.
"Hume surely wasn’t suggesting political women can’t be tough. Think Thatcher’s handbag. Nancy Pelosi hasn’t survived as Minority Leader by being a soft touch." [From The Independent.]
Why is the present perfect of "hasn’t survived" used in the sentence when she, i.e. Nancy Pelosi, is still Minority Leader? Is the "hasn’t survived" a substitute for "wouldn't have survived" here?
Thank you.
"Hume surely wasn’t suggesting political women can’t be tough. Think Thatcher’s handbag. Nancy Pelosi hasn’t survived as Minority Leader by being a soft touch." [From The Independent.]
Why is the present perfect of "hasn’t survived" used in the sentence when she, i.e. Nancy Pelosi, is still Minority Leader? Is the "hasn’t survived" a substitute for "wouldn't have survived" here?
Thank you.
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e. Nancy Pelosi, is still Minority Leader? Because she has survived until now and may continue to do so—that is the classic use of the present perfect.
- e.
- Nancy Pelosi, is still Minority Leader?
- Because she has survived until now and may continue to do so—that is the classic use of the present perfect.
- Anonymous Is the "hasn’t survived" a substitute for "wouldn't have survived" here?
- No.
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AnonymousWhy is the present perfect of "hasn’t survived" used in the sentence when she, i.e. Nancy Pelosi, is still Minority Leader?Because she has survived until now and may continue to do so—that is the classic use of the present perfect.
AnonymousIs the "hasn’t survived" a substitute for "wouldn't have survived" here?No
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