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In the following passage
1. what does "they" refer to? paths or planets?
2.I think there is a grammar mistake.it must be written "the pathswhich are followed by planets without perturbing effect" instead of " they would be without this perturbing effect".
Am I right? if I am not right, can you explain this grammatical usage of comparatives?
Thanks in advance.
Passage:
For planets without observable natural satellites, we must be more clever. Although Mercury and Venus (for example) do not have moons, they do exert a small pull on one another, and on the other planets of the solar system. As a result, the planets follow paths that are subtly different than THEY would be without this perturbing effect.
1. what does "they" refer to? paths or planets?
2.I think there is a grammar mistake.it must be written "the pathswhich are followed by planets without perturbing effect" instead of " they would be without this perturbing effect".
Am I right? if I am not right, can you explain this grammatical usage of comparatives?
Thanks in advance.
Passage:
For planets without observable natural satellites, we must be more clever. Although Mercury and Venus (for example) do not have moons, they do exert a small pull on one another, and on the other planets of the solar system. As a result, the planets follow paths that are subtly different than THEY would be without this perturbing effect.
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[nq:1]In the following passage 1. what does "they" refer to? paths or planets?
- [nq:1]In the following passage 1.
- what does "they" refer to?
- paths or planets?
- it ...
- system.
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[nq:1]In the following passage 1. what does "they" refer to? paths or planets? 2.I think there is a grammar mistake.it ... system. As a result, the planets follow paths that are subtly different than THEY would be without this perturbing effect.[/nq]
It's not comparatives. Comparatives are smart,
smarter, smartest if regular, or good, better,
best if irregular.
What you have is a p
It's not comparatives. Comparatives are smart,
smarter, smartest if regular, or good, better,
best if irregular.
What you have is a p
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