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Quỳnh Huỳnh Posted 11 years ago
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"Increased population" or "increasing population"?

Hi everyone. I'm wondering a question. Can you please tell me Is "increased population" or "increasing population" correct? Thank you Emotion: smile
  

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"increasing population" means that the population is increasing now. "increased population" means that the population has already increased. ("now" and "already" relative to the timeframe of the surrounding context)

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  • "increasing population" means that the population is increasing now.
  • "increased population" means that the population has already increased.
  • ("now" and "already" relative to the timeframe of the surrounding context)
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"increasing population" means that the population is increasing now.

"increased population" means that the population has already increased.

("now" and "already" relative to the timeframe of the surrounding context)
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