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Tue 7 Oct, 2008 05:40 am
If I had gone white water rafting with my friends, I would be / would have been floating down the Colorado River right now.
Should I use 'would be' or 'would have been'?
Many thanks.
@tanguatlay,
In that sentence, 'would be' is correct. 'Would have been' indicates that it's a past event. But the 'right now' at the end of the sentence shows that the rafting is going on right now.
@Merry Andrew,
MA wrote:But the 'right now' at the end of the sentence shows that the rafting is going on right now.
No it doesn't; it shows that the floating (as a corpse, presumably) would be going on right now. Read it again.
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