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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
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If it (do/does) something
1. The White House estimates that it could save about $ 94 billion over 10 years if it cut out all the middlemen.
Why not use 'cuts', as third person sigular form, here?
2. There was a time when kids whose parents couldn't afford to pay for college just worked their way through.
Shouldn't there be commas after kids and college. I thought that's the formal way, a grammatically correct way when modifing a noun.
There was a time when kids, whose parents couldn't afford to pay for college, just worked their way through.
Why not use 'cuts', as third person sigular form, here?
2. There was a time when kids whose parents couldn't afford to pay for college just worked their way through.
Shouldn't there be commas after kids and college. I thought that's the formal way, a grammatically correct way when modifing a noun.
There was a time when kids, whose parents couldn't afford to pay for college, just worked their way through.
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1. The White House estimates that it could save about $ 94 billion over 10 years if it cut out all the middlemen. Why not use 'cuts' , as third person sigular form, here?
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- The White House estimates that it could save about $ 94 billion over 10 years if it cut out all the middlemen.
- Why not use 'cuts' , as third person sigular form, here?
- It is an idiomatic verb phrase and is always cut out.
- I cut out the middleman...
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1. The White House estimates that it could save about $ 94 billion over 10 years if it cut out all the middlemen.
Why not use 'cuts', as third person sigular form, here? It is an idiomatic verb phrase and is always cut out.
I cut out the middleman...
You cut out...
He cut out...
We cut out...
They cut out...
Cu
Why not use 'cuts', as third person sigular form, here? It is an idiomatic verb phrase and is always cut out.
I cut out the middleman...
You cut out...
He cut out...
We cut out...
They cut out...
Cu
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#1 is a present unreal conditional. It might look wrong because cut is the the same in its base form and past form.
The White House estimates that it could save about $94 billion over 10 years if it removED all the middlemen. (Use past time to show an unreal condition.)
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The White House estimates that it could save about $94 billion over 10 years if it removED all the middlemen. (Use past time to show an unreal condition.)
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