Writing text about starfish
Hello,
Could someone please tell me if the following sentences make sense and do they carry important variations in meaning ?
"This starfish might be severed only to clone itself."
"This starfish could be severed only to clone itself."
"This starfish shall be severed only to clone itself."
Thank you for your help
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anonymous please tell me if the following sentences make sense No, they don't. The passive means that something besides the starfish is doing the severing, but you go on to use the reflexive, which means that the starfish did the severing. Also, as a matter of sense, you can't sever a starfish.
- anonymous please tell me if the following sentences make sense No, they don't.
- The passive means that something besides the starfish is doing the severing, but you go on to use the reflexive, which means that the starfish did the severing.
- Also, as a matter of sense, you can't sever a starfish.
- You can sever one of its limbs, maybe.
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anonymousplease tell me if the following sentences make sense
No, they don't. The passive means that something besides the starfish is doing the severing, but you go on to use the reflexive, which means that the starfish did the severing. Also, as a matter of sense, you can't sever a starfish. You can sever one of its limbs, maybe.
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