Hello everyone:
I came across the following sentence in chapter ten of "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep:
"They looked shocked, as if not believing that all of this could happen to them. I could not help remembering what fine houses and mansions had once been there,and............"
I have a problem with "could happen" in this context. I believe it should be "could have happened".
Here is an example sentence that I found in a similar context, and it is from a reliable source: BBC Home:
"Later in the evening small groups of older folk wandered around not quite believing that this could have happened in their own town."
not quite believing that this could have happened
What do you guys think?
Thanks
I came across the following sentence in chapter ten of "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep:
"They looked shocked, as if not believing that all of this could happen to them. I could not help remembering what fine houses and mansions had once been there,and............"
I have a problem with "could happen" in this context. I believe it should be "could have happened".
Here is an example sentence that I found in a similar context, and it is from a reliable source: BBC Home:
"Later in the evening small groups of older folk wandered around not quite believing that this could have happened in their own town."
not quite believing that this could have happened
What do you guys think?
Thanks
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