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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Could you fix the sentences plaese?

1. What makes a bottle of soda go flat quicker, leaving the cap off or opening it She leaves the cap off the bottles because she like her coke flat.
2. If the doctors were prepared to treat him, if they only knew what to treat him for, he might have survived.
3. Who is the comment about?
4. I don't want to [have to] owe you money, so I don't want to you to lend me any.
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Which of these makes a bottle of soda go flat quicker: Leaving the cap off or simply opening it? I wonder because Mary says that she leaves the cap off because she likes her coke flat. 2.

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  • Which of these makes a bottle of soda go flat quicker: Leaving the cap off or simply opening it?
  • I wonder because Mary says that she leaves the cap off because she likes her coke flat.
  • 2.
  • The doctors are prepared to treat him, if only they could understand or figure out what was wrong with him.
  • If the doctors could have figured out what was wrong with him -what needed treating, what was ailing him -he may have survived.
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1.Which of these makes a bottle of soda go flat quicker: Leaving the cap off or simply opening it? I wonder because Mary says that she leaves the cap off because she likes her coke flat.
2. The doctors are prepared to treat him, if only they could understand or figure out what was wrong with him. If the doctors could have figured out what was wrong with him -what needed treating, what was ai
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Hi,

I'm not a native speaker, so you're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong; but it seems to me that the second sentence might just need a change in tense.
If doctors had been prepared to treat him; if only they had known what to treat him for, he might have survived.

H.
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There again are two 'ifs' in the sentence. Thanks
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It should also be a third conditional, with only one if-clause.


If the doctors had been prepared to treat him and had known what to treat him for, he might have survived.
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AlpheccaStarsIt should also be a third conditional, with only one if-clause. If the doctors had been prepared to treat him and had known what to treat him for, he might have survived.
Thank you for your correction.
Sorry for the if's. Luckily, the part about the 3d conditional was right.

H.
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