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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Hi. Please help. Are the underlined parts correct? Should no. 1 be in past perfect, had been, instead of past? Could no. 2 be the verb "would have been deprived"? Thank you in advance.
Even if he (1) were to come alive, it would have been better for him to die, for his brain (2) had been deprived of too much oxygen.
Even if he (1) were to come alive, it would have been better for him to die, for his brain (2) had been deprived of too much oxygen.
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This is correct for a past event: Even if he had regained consciousness, it would have been better for him to die, for his brain had been deprived of too much oxygen. This is correct for a current situation: Even if he were to regain / Even if he regained consciousness, it would be better for him to die, for his brain has been deprived of too much oxygen.
- This is correct for a past event: Even if he had regained consciousness, it would have been better for him to die, for his brain had been deprived of too much oxygen.
- This is correct for a current situation: Even if he were to regain / Even if he regained consciousness, it would be better for him to die, for his brain has been deprived of too much oxygen.
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This is correct for a past event:
Even if he had regained consciousness, it would have been better for him to die, for his brain had been deprived of too much oxygen.
This is correct for a current situation:
Even if he were to regain / Even if he regained consciousness, it would be better for him to die, for his brain
Even if he had regained consciousness, it would have been better for him to die, for his brain had been deprived of too much oxygen.
This is correct for a current situation:
Even if he were to regain / Even if he regained consciousness, it would be better for him to die, for his brain
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