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Rizan Malik Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

You’d never guess she had been so upset

Consider this sentence, please:

Looking at her now you’d never guess she had been so upset.

Can I use "has been" or "was" in place of "had been" in the sentence above?

  

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Rizan Malik Can I use " has been " or " was " in place of " had been " in the sentence above? Yes. 'was' seems more idiomatic than 'has been', but I think both are acceptable.

— CalifJim

  • Rizan Malik Can I use " has been " or " was " in place of " had been " in the sentence above?
  • Yes.
  • 'was' seems more idiomatic than 'has been', but I think both are acceptable.
  • CJ
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Rizan MalikCan I use "has been" or "was" in place of "had been" in the sentence above?

Yes. 'was' seems more idiomatic than 'has been', but I think both are acceptable.

CJ

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