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Kilimanjaro Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
a very sticky question baffled me
0 Hi everybody, 02 br
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00 We're stuck between "C" and "E". I would like to ask your opinion about the two options as well as the other possible options if any. Thanks very much indeed. 02 br
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00 By the late 1980s, a surge of prosperity 01 i 00 ___ across southeast Asia, but in some countries of the region the economic structure ___ 02 i 00 sufficiently to the benefit from this trend. 02 br
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00 A) would sweep / could not have developed 02 br
00 B) would have swept / has not developed 02 br
00 C) was sweeping / had not developed 02 br
00 D) has swept / was not developed 02 br
00 E) could have swept / was not developing 0-
02 br
00 We're stuck between "C" and "E". I would like to ask your opinion about the two options as well as the other possible options if any. Thanks very much indeed. 02 br
02 br
00 By the late 1980s, a surge of prosperity 01 i 00 ___ across southeast Asia, but in some countries of the region the economic structure ___ 02 i 00 sufficiently to the benefit from this trend. 02 br
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00 A) would sweep / could not have developed 02 br
00 B) would have swept / has not developed 02 br
00 C) was sweeping / had not developed 02 br
00 D) has swept / was not developed 02 br
00 E) could have swept / was not developing 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 B) "would have swept" posits an unreal past; but "has not" expresses a real recent past. 02 br 02 br 00 D) "has swept" implies a connection to the present; but "was not developed" implies a completed action in the past. 02 br 02 br 00 See you, 02 br 02 br 00 MrP 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 B) "would have swept" posits an unreal past; but "has not" expresses a real recent past.
- 02 br 02 br 00 D) "has swept" implies a connection to the present; but "was not developed" implies a completed action in the past.
- 02 br 02 br 00 See you, 02 br 02 br 00 MrP 0-
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0 Hello Kili 02 br
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00 The question has a slight error in it; it should read: 02 br
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00 By the late 1980s, a surge of prosperity 01 i 00 ___ across southeast Asia, but in some countries of the region the economic structure ___ 02 i 00 sufficiently to benefit from this trend. 02 br
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00 A) would sweep / could not have d
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00 The question has a slight error in it; it should read: 02 br
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00 By the late 1980s, a surge of prosperity 01 i 00 ___ across southeast Asia, but in some countries of the region the economic structure ___ 02 i 00 sufficiently to benefit from this trend. 02 br
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00 A) would sweep / could not have d
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