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"If she did, she might be alive now" -- is this correct?
A 'mixed conditional' seems to be required: the 3rd (past) having a present consequence (2nd conditional): If I hadn't gone to medical school, I wouldn't be a doctor (today).
Grammar used in lyrics is ...
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"If she did, she might be alive now" -- is this correct?
This is indeed wrong; the correct version would be:
Marilyn Monroe didn't marry Henry Miller, but if she had, she might be alive now.
Here's why. There are two reasons one might use the past tense ...
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Clarification on the use of 'Exulted' in a sentence from 'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey
Based on the context, it should be exalted (elevated, esteemed, glorified). At the very least it would need to be exultant (joyful)—the adjective form of exult:
The earth is the face of an exalted ...
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