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Stenka25 Posted 18 years ago
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would have already been dead & would have already been died
If they had lived in the days of capital punishment, they were already died.
A test requested to correct the errors of the underlined part.
In the question, the answer is 'would have already died'.
How about 1, or 2?
1. would have already been dead
2. would have already been died
Is it ok to exchange the answer with 1. or 2?
If not, why?
A test requested to correct the errors of the underlined part.
In the question, the answer is 'would have already died'.
How about 1, or 2?
1. would have already been dead
2. would have already been died
Is it ok to exchange the answer with 1. or 2?
If not, why?
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Stenka25 If they had lived in the days of capital punishment, they were already died . In the question, the answer is 'would have already died'. How about 1, or 2?
- Stenka25 If they had lived in the days of capital punishment, they were already died .
- In the question, the answer is 'would have already died'.
- How about 1, or 2?
- 1.
- would have already been dead 2.
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Stenka25#1 is
If they had lived in the days of capital punishment, they were already died.
In the question, the answer is 'would have already died'.
How about 1, or 2?
1. would have already been dead
2. would have already been died
Is it ok to exchange the answer with 1. or 2?
If not, why?
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In dictionary, 'die' is intranstive verb.
So 'die' don't have 'be died.'
But I aksed if "#2 would have already been died" could be possible because there sometimes is 'be died' form.
You know, I found out the sentence, "Love should be died for."
If this sentence was possible-is it?-, could #2 be poss
In dictionary, 'die' is intranstive verb.
So 'die' don't have 'be died.'
But I aksed if "#2 would have already been died" could be possible because there sometimes is 'be died' form.
You know, I found out the sentence, "Love should be died for."
If this sentence was possible-is it?-, could #2 be poss
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Love should be died for is a highly irregular turn of phrase that comes from One should die for love. It's treating die for as a prepositional verb. It's not the passive form of die, but of die for, which is a highly suspect "verb".
Note that love is not died in this construction. Nobody is "dying love", whatever that could possibly mean. You c
Note that love is not died in this construction. Nobody is "dying love", whatever that could possibly mean. You c
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