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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Improvement
Hi everybody,
Please help me with the following sentence improvement question.
If he smokes less he might get rid of his cough
1. If he smoked less he would get rid of his cough
2. If he had smoked less he might get rid of his cough
3. If he smokes less he might have got rid of his cough
4. no improvement
My text book gave '1' as the answer but I think it's '4'. What you suggest?
Please help me with the following sentence improvement question.
If he smokes less he might get rid of his cough
1. If he smoked less he would get rid of his cough
2. If he had smoked less he might get rid of his cough
3. If he smokes less he might have got rid of his cough
4. no improvement
My text book gave '1' as the answer but I think it's '4'. What you suggest?
Top answer
Anonymous What you suggest? 4 1 changes the meaning from 'maybe' to 'definitely'. You can't consider it an improvement if the meaning changes.
- Anonymous What you suggest?
- 4 1 changes the meaning from 'maybe' to 'definitely'.
- You can't consider it an improvement if the meaning changes.
- CJ
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AnonymousWhat you suggest?4
1 changes the meaning from 'maybe' to 'definitely'. You can't consider it an improvement if the meaning changes.
CJ
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