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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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00 Can you confirm my surmises for the sentence below? 02 br
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00 The mistake which the leaders and John made 1) 01 u 01 b 00 could 02 b 00 have been prevented 02 u 00 , if they 2) 01 u 00 had been 02 u 00 cautious and asked for help. 02 br
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00 1) Is the main function of modal verbs like 'could' to express advisibility and the modal verbs do not affect the time references of tenses? 02 br
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00 2) Is 'had been' in the 01 b 00 past perfect 02 b 00 tense mode? 0-
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00 Can you confirm my surmises for the sentence below? 02 br
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00 The mistake which the leaders and John made 1) 01 u 01 b 00 could 02 b 00 have been prevented 02 u 00 , if they 2) 01 u 00 had been 02 u 00 cautious and asked for help. 02 br
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00 1) Is the main function of modal verbs like 'could' to express advisibility and the modal verbs do not affect the time references of tenses? 02 br
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00 2) Is 'had been' in the 01 b 00 past perfect 02 b 00 tense mode? 0-
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0 Hi Believer 02 br
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00 1. No, and in your sentence, 'could' refers to past possibility. 02 br
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00 2. Yes, 'had been' is the past perfect of 'be'. 0-
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00 1. No, and in your sentence, 'could' refers to past possibility. 02 br
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00 2. Yes, 'had been' is the past perfect of 'be'. 0-
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