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Roky0071 Posted 10 years ago
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Predict or predicting
"Surprisingly, the economy is showing the signs of improvement even though some economists predicts that in the new year the company may go in to recession."
My question is why present simple "predicts" used here not continuous "is predicting"?
My question is why present simple "predicts" used here not continuous "is predicting"?
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Surprisingly, the economy is showin g s igns of improvement even though some economists predict that in the new year the company may go into recession. It is normally countries' whole economies that "go into recession". I'm not sure that a company can do so (though I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows better).
- Surprisingly, the economy is showin g s igns of improvement even though some economists predict that in the new year the company may go into recession.
- It is normally countries' whole economies that "go into recession".
- I'm not sure that a company can do so (though I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows better).
- I am not convinced that "even though" is the correct way to link those statements.
- Logically it would normally be stated the other way round: the company may fail even though the economy improves.
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Surprisingly, the economy is showing signs of improvement even though some economists predict that in the new year the company may go into recession.
It is normally countries' whole economies that "go into recession". I'm not sure that a company can do so (though I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows better). I am not convinced that "even though" is the co
It is normally countries' whole economies that "go into recession". I'm not sure that a company can do so (though I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows better). I am not convinced that "even though" is the co
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roky0071My question is why is the present simple ... used here and not the continuous ...?The information is presented purely as a fact, not an action.
Further, I suspect that being in a subordinate clause makes it statistically more likely to
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roky0071"Surprisingly, the economy is showing the signs of improvement even though some economists predicts that in the new year the company may go in to recession." My question is why present simple "predicts" used here not continuous "is predicting"?It should be like this: "Surprisingly, some economists predict that in the new year the company may go into d
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