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Rotter Posted 16 years ago
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Would have to be carried out

EGCG also appears to speed up the recovery of heart cells. This allows the tissues to recover, alleviating damage to the organs.

Molecular biologist Dr Anastasis Stephanou, who led the research, said: "We're extremely encouraged by these findings and hope to implement them in the clinical setting to minimise cell death activation levels in patients with acute coronary artery disease."
He said more research would have to be carried out before patients could be advised to drink green tea after a heart attack or stroke.

"But hopefully we will one day be able to tell patients who are susceptible to heart disease that they can drink green tea for its therapeutic benefits."
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In the above you read the sentence ' He said more research would have to be carried out before ...

Why is it necessary to write 'would have to be carried out'?

Are the following sentences could replace it?

He said more research must carry out before ...

He said more research has to be done before ...

He said more research is necessary before ...
  

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Hi Rotter That sentence is an example of reported speech. " The difference in meaning between 'will have to' and 'have to' is very little. You might say that the use of 'will have to' tends to sound a bit less urgent or a bit less demanding than 'have to' does.

  • Hi Rotter That sentence is an example of reported speech.
  • " The difference in meaning between 'will have to' and 'have to' is very little.
  • You might say that the use of 'will have to' tends to sound a bit less urgent or a bit less demanding than 'have to' does.
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Hi Rotter

That sentence is an example of reported speech. The direct speech would have been this:

- "More research will have to be carried out before patients can be advised to drink green tea after a heart attack or stroke."

The difference in meaning between 'will have to' and

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