0 01b00Moscow city authorities are planning to reduce the number of migrants working in the Russian capital.02b00 02br 00Mayor Yury Luzhkov says the demands for foreign labour should be lowered in favour of "our own workers". 02br 00Rights groups argue few Russians would choose to do the difficult, dirty and sometimes dangerous jobs that are often the migrants' main source of work. 02br 00The World Bank says that Russia is home to more migrants than any other country except the United States.02br 01b00Racist violence02b00 02br 00Moscow is unrecognisable from the city that was once the capital of world communism. 02br 00A boom driven by rising prices for Russia's abundant mineral wealth has made it into a thriving capitalist metropolis. 02br 00The growth has created countless new jobs - in both the official and unofficial economies. 02br 00Workers from poorer countries have flocked to fill them. 02br 02br 00Many of them have come from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia whose citizens do not need entry visas. 02br 00Not all of them are welcome. Russia has been dogged by outbreaks of racist violence. 02br 00One response from the authorities has been to limit migrants' access to jobs. 02br 00Since 1 April, they have been banned from working in markets and other retail outlets. 02br 00--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------02br 00If someone asks where I will go to spend my holidays, it will be incorrect to say I would go to Russia.02br 00It should be 'I will go to Russia'. Recently Marius strongly pointed out this mistake I often made.02br 001.If I win 10 million dollars, I will ... [This is incorrect.]02br 002.If I won 10 million dollars, I would ... [ This is correct.]02br 00The first sentence is incorrect because of the imagniary nature of the event of winning such an amount of money.02br 01b00My question is on the following sentence of the above mentioned article.02br 02b02br 00Rights groups argue few Russians would choose to do the difficult, dirty and sometimes dangerous jobs that are often the migrants' main source of work.02br 00It should be the following:02br 02br 00Rights groups argue few Russians 01font00will02font00 choose to do the difficult, dirty and sometimes dangerous jobs that are often the migrants' main source of work.02br 01i00Your thoughts are welcome.02i02br 0-
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0 I think the original sentence is correct. 02br 02br 00 They argue a hypothetical point. 02br 02br 01i 00Will02i 00 would be too strong.
— Marius Hancu
0 I think the original sentence is correct.
02br 02br 00 They argue a hypothetical point.
02br 02br 01i 00Will02i 00 would be too strong.
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