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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Which of these two sentences is correct ?
Q. Atheists - Would you have been one had you been born 300 years back?
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Q. Atheists - Would you have been one if you're born 300 years back?
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Q. Atheists - Would you have been one if you're born 300 years back?
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Hi, Q. Atheists - Would you have been one had you been born 300 years back? OK.
- Hi, Q.
- Atheists - Would you have been one had you been born 300 years back?
- OK.
- But 'ago' is better than 'back', less casual.
- OR Q.
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Hi,
Q. Atheists - Would you have been one had you been born 300 years back? OK. But 'ago' is better than 'back', less casual.
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Q. Atheists - Would you have been one if you're born 300 years back? No. Are you intending you're to be a short form of you were? It's not.
Q. Atheists - Would you have been one had you been born 300 years back? OK. But 'ago' is better than 'back', less casual.
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Q. Atheists - Would you have been one if you're born 300 years back? No. Are you intending you're to be a short form of you were? It's not.
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Would you have been one had you been born 300 years ago?
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Would you have been one if you had been born 300 years ago?
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Would you have been one if you had been born 300 years ago?
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Thanks Clive! And yeah all this while I was thinking you're can be used both as you are and you were. I was so wrong! Thanks for correcting me.
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