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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
increasing/increases
Hello
1. The population of the world is increasing very fast.
2. Everyday the population of the world increases by about 200 000 people.
--- Do I have to use the present simple in the 2nd example just because of the word "everyday"? What if I left out this word? Would it be OK then to use the progressive tense? I understand that in the first example this population is increasing continuously, steadily and if I wrote: The population of the world increases very fast, it would be wrong?
Thank you
1. The population of the world is increasing very fast.
2. Everyday the population of the world increases by about 200 000 people.
--- Do I have to use the present simple in the 2nd example just because of the word "everyday"? What if I left out this word? Would it be OK then to use the progressive tense? I understand that in the first example this population is increasing continuously, steadily and if I wrote: The population of the world increases very fast, it would be wrong?
Thank you
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First: it is every day , not everyday . These have different meanings. 1.
- First: it is every day , not everyday .
- These have different meanings.
- 1.
- -- This means now, these days.
- The population of the world increases very fast-- This is wrong, since it is not always so.
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First: it is every day, not everyday. These have different meanings.
1. The population of the world is increasing very fast.-- This means now, these days.
The population of the world increases very fast-- This is wrong, since it is not always so.
2. (Every day) the population of the world increases by about 200 000 people.-- This
First: it is every day, not everyday. These have different meanings.
1. The population of the world is increasing very fast.-- This means now, these days.
The population of the world increases very fast-- This is wrong, since it is not always so.
2. (Every day) the population of the world increases by about 200 000 people.-- This
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Hi,
1. The population of the world is increasing very fast.
2. Every day the population of the world increases by about 200 000 people.
--- Do I have to use the present simple in the 2nd example just because of the word "every day"?Yes.
What if I left out this word? Would it be OK then to use the progressive tense? I would wonder why the population is i
1. The population of the world is increasing very fast.
2. Every day the population of the world increases by about 200 000 people.
--- Do I have to use the present simple in the 2nd example just because of the word "every day"?Yes.
What if I left out this word? Would it be OK then to use the progressive tense? I would wonder why the population is i
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