In this question, fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.
Without our relentless campaigns, we might ...... sure of victory in the race for the National Assembly.
be never
never have been
never had been
have never be
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Option B, "never have been," is correct because it forms a grammatically accurate construction in English.
The sentence is discussing a past possibility or condition ("we might... sure of victory"), so it requires the past perfect tense. The structure "might + have been" is used to convey the idea of a past possibility that did not occur. "Never" is used to emphasize the absence of this possibility.
Therefore, "never have been" is the appropriate choice to convey the meaning that, without the relentless campaigns, there was never a point in the past where we were sure of victory in the race for the National Assembly.
