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SeekerOfPeace Posted 19 years ago
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Would have died...

0 In the following sentence:02br
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00"The local peasants gave the soldiers clothes and food without which 01b00they would have02b00 died of cold and hunger.02br
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00I know the answer is "would have died" but I can't explain it grammatically.02br
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00It looks like subjunctive to me, but which kind is it?02br
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00"Without which" here is a prepositional phrase linking the prepositional phrase clothes and food.It also introduces the relative clause (without which they would have died of cold and hunger)02br
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00As far as I know, there's no "If clause" here, or is it implied in the first clause?02br
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00Help please!050010id6
  

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0 01font00Hi,02font02br
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00"The local peasants gave the soldiers clothes and food without which 01b00they would have02b00 died of cold and hunger.02br
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01font01i00"would have died without them" ~ they would have died if they hadn't got them.02i
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0 Thanks for your reply (replies)02br
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00Only it's not.02br
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00The past perfect doesn't have the form:02br
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00"have+died", so I'm certain it's the present perfect.02br
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00But thanks anyway.050010id1
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01cite10SeekerOfPeace12cite10In the following sentence:12br
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10"The local peasants gave the soldiers clothes and food without which 11b10they would have12b10 died of cold and hunger.12br
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10I know the answer is "would have died" but I can't explain it grammatically.1
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