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LDau Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The meaning of 'could have been'
I find this sentence from a particle about the relationship between mankind and technologies:
(After giving examples about how technologies changed our lives), each of these common occurrences could have been inconceivable at the turn of the 19th century.
What is the usage of the 'could have been' here? What's the tense here?
(After giving examples about how technologies changed our lives), each of these common occurrences could have been inconceivable at the turn of the 19th century.
What is the usage of the 'could have been' here? What's the tense here?
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What is the usage of the 'could have been' here? What's the tense here? The tense is past (of 'could be').
- What is the usage of the 'could have been' here?
- What's the tense here?
- The tense is past (of 'could be').
- However, the grammar of the sentence is not correct; 'could' should be replaced by 'would'.
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LDaueach of these common occurrences could have been inconceivable at the turn of the 19th century.What is the usage of the 'could have been' here? What's the tense here?The tense is past (of 'could be'). However, the grammar of the sentence is not correct; 'could' should be replaced by 'would'.
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