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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Tense correspondence

He had conjectured that it would be a failure in the first place.


Is it correct to modify "would be" into "would have been"?

  

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Yes. I assume you have a context in which it makes sense to use Past Perfect, (He had conjectured . .

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  • I assume you have a context in which it makes sense to use Past Perfect, (He had conjectured .
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Yes.

I assume you have a context in which it makes sense to use Past Perfect, (He had conjectured . . . )

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