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Kane159 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Tense question

Hi,

which tense should I use in the following sentence, please?

I might just as well have stayed at home and nothing would change / have changed.

I'm not sure which tense to use as they both seem possible to me.

a) I would use "have changed" if I were telling a story which happened in the past, right?

b) I would use "change" in this sentence to imply that the act of changing somehow relates to the present. Things are still the same until now, correct?

Also, could I use "could" instead of "might"? I could as well have stayed...

Thank you in advance!
  

Top answer

kane159 I might just as well have stayed at home and nothing would change / have changed. Use "have changed". kane159 b) I would use "change" in this sentence to imply that the act of changing somehow relates to the present.

— CalifJim

  • kane159 I might just as well have stayed at home and nothing would change / have changed.
  • Use "have changed".
  • kane159 b) I would use "change" in this sentence to imply that the act of changing somehow relates to the present.
  • Things are still the same until now, correct?
  • No.
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kane159I might just as well have stayed at home and nothing would change / have changed.
Use "have changed".

kane159b) I would use "change" in this sentence to imply that the act of changing somehow relates to the present. Things are still the same until now, correct?
No. This one gives me cognitive dissonance! I
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