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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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benefits you can expect ... are negligible ? or would be negligible ?

Dietary fibre has benefits, but beyond 1 ounce a day, the benefits you can expect to derive from further intake are negligible.
I know this sentence is correct. But shouldn't it be - would be negligible ??

I always get confused by these tenses.. Since we are using futher, meaning that i haven't yet done that further intake , would is correct usage.. Am I missing something..

Please respond.. thank you..
  

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Hello Sharad I think "are negligible" is fine. This sentence is seemingly a part of a scientific article and it states a fact about the effect of dietary fiber. So it should be "are negligible".

— Paco2004

  • Hello Sharad I think "are negligible" is fine.
  • This sentence is seemingly a part of a scientific article and it states a fact about the effect of dietary fiber.
  • So it should be "are negligible".
  • If you use "would be negligible", your readers will take it as a mere speculation of yours rather than a fact.
  • paco
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Hello Sharad

I think "are negligible" is fine. This sentence is seemingly a part of a scientific article and it states a fact about the effect of dietary fiber. So it should be "are negligible". If you use "would be negligible", your readers will take it as a mere speculation of yours rather than a fact.

paco

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got it.. thank you..
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