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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Would be or would been?

Jim: I heard that your house was flooded last week.

Mike: Yes, it was, and my two cars in the garage were flooded as well. Water is gone now, though.

Jim: At least good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes would be(or been) flooded.

Which would be correct, "be" or "been"?
  

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At least it's good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes had been flooded. At least it's good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes would be flooded.

— AlpheccaStars

  • At least it's good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes had been flooded.
  • At least it's good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes would be flooded.
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At least it's good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes had been flooded.
At least it's good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes would be flooded.
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I believe it's 'if those bikes were flooded' or 'if those bikes had been flooded.'
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It sounds OK to me to say
eg A town/house/basement/area of land was flooded.
But it sounds odd to say
eg A car/bike was flooded.
For small and moveable objects. I hear
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AlpheccaStars At least it's good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes had been flooded. At least it's good that your bikes didn't get flooded, because it would be a shame if those bikes would be flooded.
Isn't "had been flooded" means Past Perfect Continuous tense? ("We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that some
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AnonymousIsn't "had been flooded" means Past Perfect Continuous tense?
No. The continuous form would be "had been being flooded".
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It is the past perfect form, but it is used in an (counterfactual) if-clause to show that the action did not happen.
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