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Timeline for Would be vs. would have been

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Jan 7, 2014 at 12:28 comment added mplungjan I do not like should/could with present tense - please see my updates
Jan 7, 2014 at 12:28 history edited mplungjan CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jan 7, 2014 at 11:23 comment added None "Should" could be an alternative to "could". Adding an alternative nuance in-between "could and "was". "Could" being the least probable and "was" being used if one is sure it was the milkman.
Jan 7, 2014 at 10:46 comment added mplungjan Ok, updated with fixed version
Jan 7, 2014 at 10:45 history edited mplungjan CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jan 7, 2014 at 10:42 comment added Tim Lymington Perhaps too severe? It would have been the milkman, except for it being Sunday, and It would be the milkman, she thought would both be perfectly normal.
Jan 7, 2014 at 10:36 history answered mplungjan CC BY-SA 3.0