What do you think of the sentence in terms of grammar?
"Had it not been for nuclear energy research, many countries could have been in energy crisis now."
And what about the following sentence?
"Had it not been for nuclear energy research, many countries could be in energy crisis now."
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Answers · 2
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The second one sounds better. You would use "be" since you are implying that they could be in energy crisis now. The tense is consistent in the sentence that way.
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First sentence: Had it not been for nuclear energy research, many countries could have been in energy crisis by now.
Second sentence: Were it not for nuclear energy research, many countries would have been in energy crisis now.
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