Increases/is increasing
Can present continuous "is increasing" be used instead?
"The abundance of transistors is leading to a problem: what to do with all of them? We saw one approach above: superscalar architectures, with multiple functional units. But as the number of transistors increases, even more is possible."
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anonymous Can present continuous "is increasing" be used instead? In my opinion, you could do it, but it would change the meaning of "as". But [as / to the extent that] the number of transistors increases, ....
- anonymous Can present continuous "is increasing" be used instead?
- In my opinion, you could do it, but it would change the meaning of "as".
- But [as / to the extent that] the number of transistors increases, ....
- But [as / because] the number of transistors is increasing, ...
- CJ
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anonymousCan present continuous "is increasing" be used instead?
In my opinion, you could do it, but it would change the meaning of "as".
But [as / to the extent that] the number of transistors increases, ....
But [as / because] the number of transistors is increasing, ...
CJ
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