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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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things will be worse than if you had told the truth
0 Which is the most appropriate passage? Are all OK? 02 br
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00 A: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than if you had told the truth. 02 br
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00 B: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than if you told the truth. 02 br
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00 C: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than if you tell the truth. 0-
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00 A: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than if you had told the truth. 02 br
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00 B: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than if you told the truth. 02 br
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00 C: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than if you tell the truth. 0-
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0 Hello Anon, 02 br 02 br 00 You could think of them as three variants, which reflect the three "types" of conditional statement: 02 br 02 br 00 A: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than [they would have been] if you had told the truth.
- 0 Hello Anon, 02 br 02 br 00 You could think of them as three variants, which reflect the three "types" of conditional statement: 02 br 02 br 00 A: A lie is always bad.
- After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent.
- And in the end, things will be worse than [they would have been] if you had told the truth.
- 02 br 02 br 00 B: A lie is always bad.
- After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent.
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0 Hello Anon, 02 br
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00 You could think of them as three variants, which reflect the three "types" of conditional statement: 02 br
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00 A: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than [they would have been] if you had told the truth. 02 br
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00 You could think of them as three variants, which reflect the three "types" of conditional statement: 02 br
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00 A: A lie is always bad. After having told one lie, you will often have to tell another in order to be consistent. And in the end, things will be worse than [they would have been] if you had told the truth. 02 br
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0 Hello Anon, 02 br
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00 I would choose #1; simply because the tenses are in accord. (The hidden "type 2" and "type 1" conditionals in the last two examples change the focus and suggest a movement towards more "general" statements.) 02 br
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00 Best wishes, 02 br
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00 MrP 0-
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00 I would choose #1; simply because the tenses are in accord. (The hidden "type 2" and "type 1" conditionals in the last two examples change the focus and suggest a movement towards more "general" statements.) 02 br
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00 Best wishes, 02 br
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00 MrP 0-
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