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Xinfu
September 29, 2015, 09:49 AM
Could I use live, the original form of the verb?

-John had never gone to an overseas nation, let alone __ in one.

The existence of 'gone' makes me undecided as to whether the verb should tally with 'gone'.

MWoll
September 29, 2015, 09:59 AM
live/lived -- both work.

No idea why!

Rusty
September 29, 2015, 04:01 PM
I would use 'lived', because it goes with 'had', the auxiliary verb that drives the use of 'gone'. The tenses should agree.

had gone ~ had lived

Xinfu
October 07, 2015, 04:36 AM
Excellent answer. Thank you.

poli
October 07, 2015, 07:19 AM
:hmm:When I first saw this I thought live sounded more natural. I'm not sure but I think if you use live in this case it may be acceptable if live is a vestige of the English subjunctive.

Xinfu
October 13, 2015, 06:59 AM
Excellent answer. Thank you.