Re: il aurait mieux valu

On 2007-09-25, curiosity <> wrote:

> Can someone help me with this? I'm not confident about the tense.
>
> Is it "it would be better" or "it would have been better"?

It would have been better.

It would be better = il vaudrait mieux.

> Also, could someone tell me what are the most common alternatives?
> (same tense)

Ç'aurait été préférable.
Il aurait été préférable de + inf.
Il aurait été préférable que + subj.
Ç'aurait été mieux.
Ç'aurait été mieux de + inf.
Il aurait été mieux que + subj.

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