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Hammerman1 Posted 14 years ago
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Do these mean the same?
An increase in interest rates in USA increases the cost of borrowing there. This eventually affects the mortgage repayments.
An increase in interest rates in USA will increase the cost of borrowing there. This will eventually affect the mortgage repayments.
An increase in interest rates in USA will increase the cost of borrowing there. This eventually affects the mortgage repayments.
Are simple present and simple future interchangeable here?
An increase in interest rates in USA increases the cost of borrowing there. This eventually affects the mortgage repayments.
An increase in interest rates in USA will increase the cost of borrowing there. This will eventually affect the mortgage repayments.
An increase in interest rates in USA will increase the cost of borrowing there. This eventually affects the mortgage repayments.
Are simple present and simple future interchangeable here?
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The third version is not good. If the increase in the cost of borrowing is in the future, it cannot affect mortgage payments in the present. Since your text makes a prediction, I prefer the second version with a small change: An increase in interest rates in the USA will increase the cost of borrowing there.
- The third version is not good.
- If the increase in the cost of borrowing is in the future, it cannot affect mortgage payments in the present.
- Since your text makes a prediction, I prefer the second version with a small change: An increase in interest rates in the USA will increase the cost of borrowing there.
- This will eventually affect the mortgage repayments.
- You can consider making your idea more closely linked by saying: Since an increase in interest rates in the USA would increase the cost of borrowing there, mortgage repayments would [have whatever effect you are saying will happen].
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The third version is not good. If the increase in the cost of borrowing is in the future, it cannot affect mortgage payments in the present. Since your text makes a prediction, I prefer the second version with a small change:
An increase in interest rates in the USA will increase the cost of borrowing there. This will eventually affect t
An increase in interest rates in the USA will increase the cost of borrowing there. This will eventually affect t
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Suppose cost of borrowing increases now and people have fixed mortgage rates for a short period.
Is this how I should write it?
Since an increase in interest rates in the USA pushes up the cost of borrowing there, mortgage repayments will eventually rise.
Thanks
Is this how I should write it?
Since an increase in interest rates in the USA pushes up the cost of borrowing there, mortgage repayments will eventually rise.
Thanks
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