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Carries on...

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. Yet, human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (2) ... on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so (3) ... to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (4) ... resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper.


Gap 2 continues repeats carries follows

Gap 3 already just for entirely

My question is can't I use continues instead of carries for question 2 and entirely instead of just for question 3? Why?
  

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Hi, Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. Yet, human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (2) ...

  • Hi, Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life.
  • Yet, human activities are making the planet less fit to live on.
  • As the western world (2) ...
  • on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so (3) ...
  • to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (4) ...
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Hi,

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. Yet, human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (2) ... on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so (3) ... to stay alive we are rapi

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