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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Tense problem in this one sentence?

How would you say this please?

How loud would the music have to have been for it to have been/be heard next door?

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How loud would the music have to have been for it to have been heard next door? " But, as you can see, that totally changes the time frame from having happened in the past.

  • How loud would the music have to have been for it to have been heard next door?
  • " But, as you can see, that totally changes the time frame from having happened in the past.
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How loud would the music have to have been for it to have been heard next door?

To use "be heard," you could say, "How loud would the music have to be for it to be heard next door?"

But, as you can see, that totally changes the time frame from having happened in the past.

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