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Contiluo Posted 15 years ago
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Severe / serious

Please check out the following sentences.

(1) March 11 earthquake was the most serious disaster that Japan had experienced.

(2) March 11 earthquake is the most severe disaster that Japan has undergone.
  

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(1) The March 11th earthquake was the most serious disaster that Japan has experienced. (2) The March 1th earthquake is the most severe disaster that Japan has undergone. These are not true, of course.

— Mister Micawber

  • (1) The March 11th earthquake was the most serious disaster that Japan has experienced.
  • (2) The March 1th earthquake is the most severe disaster that Japan has undergone.
  • These are not true, of course.
  • The 1923 earthquake took many more lives (not to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
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(1) The March 11th earthquake was the most serious disaster that Japan has experienced.

(2) The March 1th earthquake is the most severe disaster that Japan has undergone.

These are not true, of course. The 1923 earthquake took many more lives (not to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
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