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In advanced English syntax and temporal clause construction, selecting the appropriate tense, aspect, and conditional mood requires precise morphological alignment. Consider the following four advanced propositions regarding tenses and complex sentence structures:I. In future-in-the-past constructions or reporting past intentions, the past future tense (utilizing 'would' or 'should' with the bare infinitive) correctly indicates an event that was projected to occur subsequent to a specific reference point in the past.II. When an independent clause in the past tense governs a subordinate temporal clause introduced by 'since' marking an elapsed duration, the verb in the 'since'-clause must invariably be in the past perfect tense to denote completed anteriority.III. In counterfactual conditional clauses expressing an unreal past scenario, the protasis correctly employs the past perfect tense, while the apodosis utilizes the modal auxiliary 'would', 'could', or 'might' followed by the perfect infinitive ('have' plus past participle).IV. The present continuous tense is exclusively restricted to actions occurring at the exact moment of utterance and can never be employed to express scheduled future arrangements or temporary progressive states extending around the present.Identify the option that correctly evaluates the grammatical and syntactic validity of propositions I, II, III, and IV according to standard English grammar and verb tense theory.
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Proposition I is correct because the past future tense ('would/should' + bare infinitive) is used to express futureity relative to a past time anchor (e.g., 'He said that he would arrive the next day'). Proposition II is incorrect because when 'since' introduces a clause specifying a point of time from which an action began, the verb in that subordinate clause takes the simple past tense (e.g., 'She has worked here since she graduated'), not the past perfect. Proposition III is correct because third conditionals (unreal past) require the past perfect in the 'if'-clause and the modal plus perfect infinitive in the main clause. Proposition IV is incorrect because the present continuous tense frequently denotes scheduled future events (e.g., 'The train is leaving at 6 PM tomorrow') and temporary states, not solely actions at the moment of speech. For further reading, consult the Wikipedia Reference on English verb morphology and syntax.
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