JACEK1
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Hello everybody!
He was so considerate when she lost the baby a year later, overlooking that she had failed to give him what the nurse reluctantly told her would have been a son.
Does the sentence mean "He was so considerate when she lost the baby a year later that he overlooked the fact that she had failed to give him what the nurse reluctantly told her would have been a son"? (a result sentence: so considerate when she lost the baby a year later that he overlooked the fact
Did the boy die after being born or was he not born at all and why "would have been" structure is used?
Thank you.
He was so considerate when she lost the baby a year later, overlooking that she had failed to give him what the nurse reluctantly told her would have been a son.
Does the sentence mean "He was so considerate when she lost the baby a year later that he overlooked the fact that she had failed to give him what the nurse reluctantly told her would have been a son"? (a result sentence: so considerate when she lost the baby a year later that he overlooked the fact
Did the boy die after being born or was he not born at all and why "would have been" structure is used?
Thank you.