Who is her

We use proximity to make a guess, but it is only a guess that it refers to Kate.

How could I rewrite the sentence so that it is certain Kate's arrogance is referred to?

You could replace "her" with "the latter's".

Had it not been for Jenny's arrogance, she would have been friends with Kate.

Is this right?

That works.

Thank you.

I think this sentence is an example of two tenses. The conditional progressive: 'she would have been friends with Kate' and the past perfect progressive: 'Had it not been for Jenny's arrogance'

What do you think?

There can be no progressive without an -ing form. would have been is modal perfect and had... been is past perfect.

Thanks for replying.

Were I to rewrite the sentence as:

Had it not been for Jenny's moaning, Kate would have befriended her.

'Had it not been for Jenny's moaning' - I think this is now an example of the conditional progressive tense.

'Kate would have befriended her' - Is this an example of the conditional simple tense.

Or should th

Anonymous'Had it not been for Jenny's moaning' - I think this is now an example of the conditional progressive tense.

No. The -ing form there is a gerund. Here is a past perfect conditional:

If Jenny had not been moaning / Had Jenny not been moaning

Grammarians today do not refer to forms with would as conditional tenses. They

Having looked at various websites, some do appear to be written using the archaic 'conditional' tense. Could you suggest a free up to date online website for my learning?

I do hope my sentences above are written correctly!

Many Thanks.