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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Correct Choice?
Hi all,
There is a multiple choice question that I couldn't understand.
Here it is:
The valley gradually ----------- up with water, creating a huge artifical lake, once the dam over the river ------------.
Opt. 1 will fill / has been completed
Opt. 2 has been filling / is completed
I think both of them is suitable here. What do you think about it teachers?
There is a multiple choice question that I couldn't understand.
Here it is:
The valley gradually ----------- up with water, creating a huge artifical lake, once the dam over the river ------------.
Opt. 1 will fill / has been completed
Opt. 2 has been filling / is completed
I think both of them is suitable here. What do you think about it teachers?
Top answer
I would say only #1 works. To use has been filling you would have to say The valley gradually has been filling up with water, creating a huge artific i al lake, since the dam over the river was completed .
- I would say only #1 works.
- To use has been filling you would have to say The valley gradually has been filling up with water, creating a huge artific i al lake, since the dam over the river was completed .
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I would say only #1 works. To use has been filling you would have to say
The valley gradually has been filling up with water, creating a huge artificial lake, since the dam over the river was completed.
The valley gradually has been filling up with water, creating a huge artificial lake, since the dam over the river was completed.
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AnonymousI think both of themNo. The second one doesn't make sense.isare suitable here.
"Once the dam is completed" means that we are waiting for the dam to be completed. It is not yet completed.
"has been filling up with water" means that for some time now the (completed) dam has been causing
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