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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
right use of sentense
if I were/ had I been a bird.. which one is correct?
Top answer
) If I had been a bird (This does not make sense. You are now a live human being. ) If I had been born a bird (OK)
- ) If I had been a bird (This does not make sense.
- You are now a live human being.
- ) If I had been born a bird (OK)
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if I were a bird (OK.)
If I had been a bird (This does not make sense. You are now a live human being. We cannot transmute ourselves into a different animal species.)
If I had been born a bird (OK)
If I had been a bird (This does not make sense. You are now a live human being. We cannot transmute ourselves into a different animal species.)
If I had been born a bird (OK)
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if I were a bird (now) (formal)
if I was a bird (now) (informal)
if I had been a bird (at some time in the past)
(Cross-posted.)
if I was a bird (now) (informal)
if I had been a bird (at some time in the past)
(Cross-posted.)
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AlpheccaStarsIf I had been a bird (This does not make sense. You are now a live human being. We cannot transmute ourselves into a different animal species.)I don't really agree with this I'm afraid. "If I had been a bird, I could have flown across the ocean" ... well, obviously it is impossible that one could actually be a bird either now or at any time in th
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