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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
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Is this conditional sentence correct and natural?
The longer we do not revise the more that we forget what we study.
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mosja Is this conditional sentence correct and natural? It's not a conditional sentence. It actually has two names that I'm aware of — a double comparative (sentence) and a comparative correlative (sentence).
- mosja Is this conditional sentence correct and natural?
- It's not a conditional sentence.
- It actually has two names that I'm aware of — a double comparative (sentence) and a comparative correlative (sentence).
- It's more natural when expressed in the following way: The longer we put off revising, the more we forget what we study.
- You can reduce it even further if you want: The less you revise, the more you forget.
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mosja Is this conditional sentence correct and natural?
It's not a conditional sentence. It actually has two names that I'm aware of — a double comparative (sentence) and a comparative correlative (sentence).
It's more natural when expressed in the following way:
The longer we put off revising, the more we forget what we study.
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