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Taka Posted 15 years ago
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We human beings are destroying precious soils, using them up, covering them over, a thousand times faster at least than nature can restore them.
About 'using them up' and 'covering them over', are they the same present progressive as 'destroying precious soils'? Or are they reduced adverbial clauses?
About 'using them up' and 'covering them over', are they the same present progressive as 'destroying precious soils'? Or are they reduced adverbial clauses?
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but I think the other interpretation is quite possible, too. I made my choice because '1000 times faster' seems to apply equally to all.
- but I think the other interpretation is quite possible, too.
- I made my choice because '1000 times faster' seems to apply equally to all.
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I think that they are the same progressives, used appositively...but I think the other interpretation is quite possible, too. I made my choice because '1000 times faster' seems to apply equally to all.
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