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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
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They'd be the ones that spoiled... or would spoil?
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01 b 00 Humans spoil the world and exploit every resource. If animals were more intelligent than us, they'd be the ones that 01 u 00 spoiled 02 u 00 the world and exploited everything, and they'd treat us like animals. 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 Humans are spoiling the world and exploiting every resource. If animals were more intelligent than us, they'd be the ones that 01 u 00 were spoiling 02 u 00 the world and exploiting everything, and they'd treat us like animals. 02 br
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02 b 00 I never know when to repeat the "would" or change it to a simple past tense. Look at the underlined parts: do I need "would spoil" and "would be spoiling", or are they ok that way? What about simple present tenses, "spoil" and "are spoiling"? Consider that those verbs actually refers to the present, not to the past. 02 br
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01 b 00 Humans spoil the world and exploit every resource. If animals were more intelligent than us, they'd be the ones that 01 u 00 spoiled 02 u 00 the world and exploited everything, and they'd treat us like animals. 02 b 02 br
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01 b 00 Humans are spoiling the world and exploiting every resource. If animals were more intelligent than us, they'd be the ones that 01 u 00 were spoiling 02 u 00 the world and exploiting everything, and they'd treat us like animals. 02 br
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02 b 00 I never know when to repeat the "would" or change it to a simple past tense. Look at the underlined parts: do I need "would spoil" and "would be spoiling", or are they ok that way? What about simple present tenses, "spoil" and "are spoiling"? Consider that those verbs actually refers to the present, not to the past. 02 br
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0 Hi Kooyeen 02 br 02 br 00 No, I wouldn't change to "would spoil" or "would be spoiling". 02 br 02 br 00 Compare: 02 br 01 b 00 Humans spoil the world and exploit every resource. 02 br 02 br 02 b 00 Humans 01 font 00 will 02 font 00 spoil the world and exploit every resource.
- 0 Hi Kooyeen 02 br 02 br 00 No, I wouldn't change to "would spoil" or "would be spoiling".
- 02 br 02 br 00 Compare: 02 br 01 b 00 Humans spoil the world and exploit every resource.
- 02 br 02 br 02 b 00 Humans 01 font 00 will 02 font 00 spoil the world and exploit every resource.
- 02 b 02 br 02 br 00 --------------- 02 br 02 br 00 In your second sentence you could make your life easier, however, just by saying this: 02 br 01 b 00 Humans are spoiling the world and exploiting every resource.
- If animals were more intelligent than us, they'd be the ones 01 u 00 spoiling 02 u 00 the world and exploiting everything, and they'd treat us like animals.
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0 Hi Kooyeen 02 br
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00 No, I wouldn't change to "would spoil" or "would be spoiling". That would be a change to a conditional form of 'will'. 02 br
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01 b 00 Humans spoil the world and exploit every resource. If animals were more intelligent than us, they'd be the ones that 01 u 00 spoiled 02 u 00 the wor
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00 No, I wouldn't change to "would spoil" or "would be spoiling". That would be a change to a conditional form of 'will'. 02 br
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00 Compare: 02 br
01 b 00 Humans spoil the world and exploit every resource. If animals were more intelligent than us, they'd be the ones that 01 u 00 spoiled 02 u 00 the wor
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01 cite 10 Yankee 12 cite 10 No, I wouldn't change to "would spoil" or "would be spoiling". That would be a change to a conditional form of 'will'. 11 b 12 br
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12 b 10 Humans 11 font 10 will 12 font 10 spoil the world and exploit every resource. If animals were more intell
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