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You can't help wondering what might have been had he fancied a pizza. よろしくお願いします！

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be が使われている理由： 前に be ～という表現があった。 be ～ing でも何でもいいです。 あるいは、今回はこちらのパターンだと思いますが、 be に「出来事」を表す表現があります。 The party was last month. last month は副詞的なものなので、 「パーティが昨夜行われた」 この be には基本的に副詞的なものが必要ですが、 ここでは if ～で表される（倒置で had he になっていますが） 状況がその代わりを果たしています。 What would have been if ～? というのはしばしば使われる表現です。

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回答ありがとうございますm(__)m！！ ものすごく助かります！！ 詳細な解説、とても勉強になります！ 教えてもらった文は、１番大事ともいえる箇所だったので嬉しいです(^^) よかった～（笑） 文法的にも意味的にも、疑問が解消できました(^^) ほんとにありがとうございますm(__)m！！

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回答No.2

You can't help wondering ？？？と思わざるをえないだろう。 what might have been どうなっていたか had he fancied a pizza 彼がピザを所望していたら、 この文章のおかしいところは、what might have beenです。前後関係がわからないので、 絶対にまちがっているとは言えませんが、「どうなっていたか」なら　what might have happened でないといけません。　 what might have been の原形は　what might be なので何の意味もありません。ここはやはり、what might happen　であるべきでしょう。

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回答ありがとうございますm(__)m！ 理解できました(^^)！！ 本文の結論部分にある１番大事な一節（多分）だったので、理解できて嬉しいです！！ 本文は英国紙(多分高級紙?)のコラムだったので、英語的な間違いはないだろうと思って、勉強の材料として使ってました。私は…文法のおかしさを感じるレベルでは全然なくて（汗） 注意しながら読むようにしたいです。 ありがとうございますm(__)m！！

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had he fancied a pizza ＝if he had fancied a pizza can't help ～ing「～せざるを得ない」 もし彼がピザを思い描いていたならば、どうなっていただろうか、 と思わざるを得ない。

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回答ありがとうございますm(__)m！ 理解できました！！（嬉） わからないもやもや解消できました(^^)

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