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 Re: Could you correct this conditional sentence?
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Originally Posted by Casiopea "She said she would've genetically engineered her daughters if she had been able to do so. She would've liked them to have been slimmer, taller and as intelligent as science could have done."
She would like them to be (infinitives)
She would have liked them to have been (present perfect)
:D | How about : - She would have liked them to have been slimmer, taller and as intelligent as science could make them.
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