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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Might be/might have been
Which is correct:
1) Gleaming glass shelves were back-lit to show off a rainbow of super-sized phials of liquids so bright with colouring, they might be neon.
Source for '1':
http://www.theguardian.com/lif...-really-in-your-food
2) Gleaming glass shelves were back-lit to show off a rainbow of super-sized phials of liquids so bright with colouring, they might have been neon.
I think they both work, but "1" is saying that they might still be neon. It is about both their past and their present condition.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) Gleaming glass shelves were back-lit to show off a rainbow of super-sized phials of liquids so bright with colouring, they might be neon.
Source for '1':
http://www.theguardian.com/lif...-really-in-your-food
2) Gleaming glass shelves were back-lit to show off a rainbow of super-sized phials of liquids so bright with colouring, they might have been neon.
I think they both work, but "1" is saying that they might still be neon. It is about both their past and their present condition.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
In the given context, #1 seems wrong.
- In the given context, #1 seems wrong.
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