keannu
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Do we have to know if (being) or (having been) is omitted before "Born in better times"?
If it is "being", the tense is same as that of the main clause, while "having been" is one tense prior to that of the main clause, but both of them don't seem to make sense.
I think "being" or "having been" are not absolute tense, but relative tense affected by main clause. I need your help.
ex)Born in better times, he could have become a great composer.
=If he had been born in better times, he could have become a great composer
If it is "being", the tense is same as that of the main clause, while "having been" is one tense prior to that of the main clause, but both of them don't seem to make sense.
I think "being" or "having been" are not absolute tense, but relative tense affected by main clause. I need your help.
ex)Born in better times, he could have become a great composer.
=If he had been born in better times, he could have become a great composer