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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"She has lived through a violent regime" Vs "She has lived under/in a violent regime"

What is the difference between, "She has lived through a violent regime" and "She has lived under/in a violent regime" ?

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fatimah0786 What is the difference In the first, she survived it; in the second, she may have perished under it.

  • fatimah0786 What is the difference In the first, she survived it; in the second, she may have perished under it.
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fatimah0786What is the difference
In the first, she survived it; in the second, she may have perished under it.
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Mister Micawber in the second, she may have perished under it.
I think that's unlikely with the present perfect 'she has lived'.
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"She has lived through a violent regime." This version suggests to me that the violent regime ended at some point in the past.

Clive
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Thanks a lot everyone for answering.
Could someone explain the meaning of this sentence: "I almost did not live through the operation".
I found this sentence here: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/live+through

Clive:
"She has lived throu
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Could someone explain the meaning of this sentence: "I almost did not live through the operation".
I almost did not live fro the start to the end of the operation. In other words, I almost died during it.

instead of 'has lived' if I write 'lived' would that mean the violent regime didn't end?
It's not so much the ten

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