Timeline for Should I use "would be" or "would've been" in this conditional?
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| Jul 25, 2023 at 2:05 | comment | added | BadZen | Ashworth's comment is the best answer here, it should be promoted to an actual answer. | |
| Jul 23, 2023 at 22:31 | answer | added | TimR on some device | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 23, 2023 at 16:58 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jul 23, 2023 at 13:02 | answer | added | FumbleFingers | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 23, 2023 at 10:36 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jul 23, 2023 at 9:46 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | [a] << Hong Kong would be a hiking paradise if not for the weather >> states (subjectively) an enduring fact. The weather regularly mars things. // [b] << Hong Kong would have been a hiking paradise if not for the weather >> refers (here) to the present season's weather being the spoiler, essentially preventing the desired (now; this summer) hiking from being a reality; this might or might not be a recurring problem. // You must choose which applies; neither is ungrammatical. | |
| Jul 23, 2023 at 9:22 | comment | added | BillJ | Hong Kong will still be a hiking paradise in fall, so why not stick with "would be"? | |
| Jul 23, 2023 at 8:57 | history | asked | user141240 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |