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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
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1b00---- 01font00when we interfere with planetary processes 02font01font00on a large scale.02font02b02br
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01font00A) 02font01font00Climate change would almost certainly be accelerated02font02br
01font00B)00 02font01font00We were extremely lucky that industrialists 02font01font00chose to use chlorine compounds not bromine02font02br
01font00C)00 02font01font00The polar regions were adversely affected too 02font02br
01font00D)00 02font01font00We know surprisingly little about the risks we are running02font02br
01font00E) 02font01font00Aerosol emissions stay in the atmosphere for only a few days02font02br
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00D seems to be correct. Do you think there would be any semantic oddness if D was inserted in the sentence? and what does the sentence mean?0-
  

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0 I agree that D is best. 02br 00 What part of the sentence, or what about the sentence as a whole, seems to be the stumbling block with regard to meaning? I can't seem to find what is particularly difficult to understand once the definitions of the words are found in a dictionary if necessary.

— CalifJim

  • 0 I agree that D is best.
  • 02br 00 What part of the sentence, or what about the sentence as a whole, seems to be the stumbling block with regard to meaning?
  • I can't seem to find what is particularly difficult to understand once the definitions of the words are found in a dictionary if necessary.
  • Is the problem with 01i 00run a risk?
  • planetary process?
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0 I agree that D is best. There is nothing odd about it that I can see.02br
00 What part of the sentence, or what about the sentence as a whole, seems to be the stumbling block with regard to meaning? I can't seem to find what is particularly difficult to understand once the definitions of the words are found in a dictionary if necessary. Is the problem with 01i00r
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0 maybe tense sequence. present - present, though I know such a sequence is possible. I have no difficulty understanding the meanings of the words, but the structure and the meaning of the sentence as a whole rather than the individual word meanings pose a problem. Maybe I would say it in a different way. For example: We can't be sure of the possible consequences when we interfere with planetary
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0 Your paraphrases are fine with the exception that it's 01i00little do we02i00, not 01i00little does we02i00.02br
00 You have omitted the idiom 01i00run a risk02i00 each time. Perhaps that's an idiom you have not yet become comfortable with.02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10Your paraphrases are fine with the exception that it's 11i10little do we12i10, not 11i10little does we12i10.12br
10You have omitted the idiom 11i10run a risk12i10 each time. Perhaps that's an idiom you have not yet become comfortable
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0 No, not wrong at all. However, 'involve' is an extremely weak verb stylistically.02br
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0 Thank you Jim for making the meaning clear. One last thing, about the structure "Little do we", I understand that the helping verb (do, does...etc) is determined by the "subject". Right? If yes, "Little does he understand..." must be correct. Am I right? 0-
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0 It comes from02br
01i00We understand little02i02br
00 Note the subject is 01i00we02i00.02br
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00 Moving the negative polarity item01i00 little02i00 to the front forces inversion of 01i00we understand02i00. The auxiliary 01i00do/does02i00 m
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0 Thank you very, much. 0-
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