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Speculative conditional: Why does it use the past tense or past perfect tense?
We use simple past to state a hypothetical present situation that we would like to speculate about (If they were here, I would be happy), past perfect for a hypothetical past (had they been here, I ...
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He has just been offered or he was offered
What are the differences in meaning between the below two sentences:
He was just offered a well-paid job with Radio Four. (Past Simple Passive)
He has just been offered a well-paid job with ...
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Difference in meaning: “would have had to be” vs “would have had to have been”
Being a non native speaker, I cannot spot the difference here:
He would have had to have been there.
He would have had to be there.
The only thing that comes to my mind is that in the first case, ...
