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Originally Posted by ivygreen  I can't understand this sentence meaning clearly.
Could you tell me about this sentence below ?
"Can you imagine where we would be now if, after the first heart
transplant was performed, the doctors performing it had been told,
"Sorry, you've gone too far. Heart transplants will no longer be allowed."
And why "," comes after "if" ?
And also why "performing" is progressive form?
And why the past perfect is used in the line "it had been told" ? |
Well, performing here is an adjective. it means that these are the doctors who perform it
as for past perfect and if they are connected, it's conditional. that is, "in case of this situation what will be?"
you see? if not, I will try to explain in other words