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Ask for help > Native speakers, please help!
Native speakers, please help!
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ueslteacher
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Native speakers, please help!
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Hello, everyone, @ native speakers: help me choose the best variant (the sentence is from the s �s project) Only in this way will we save billions of lives. Only in such a way we will be able to save billions of lives. This is the only way we could save billions of lives. If you think all of them are awkward, help me rephrase. Thanks in advance, Sophia
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7 Apr 2011
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Jackie1952
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Hi Sophia,
As a native speaker, and depending on the context, I would go for the first one.
I don�t like the sound of the second one at all, it is a little cumbersome.
The third one is OK, but not as good as the first.
If you would like to give me the preamble it may help to decide between numbers 1 and 3.
Jackie
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7 Apr 2011
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ueslteacher
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Thanks for such a swift reply Well, the preceding sentence runs smth like this: Now all people have to unite and work together so that accidents similar to the one in Fukushima would not happen again. (Any corrections from native speakers are more than welcome).
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7 Apr 2011
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Jackie1952
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Hi again Sophia,
In your sentence I would use "........accidents similar to the one in Fukushima won`t happen again".
I would then use your first variant.
Hope this helps
Jackie
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7 Apr 2011
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ueslteacher
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Thanks, Jackie, It was kind of you to help. Sophia |
7 Apr 2011
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yanogator
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I agree with Jackie.
Bruce |
7 Apr 2011
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Jayho
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Ditto to Bruce and Jackie |
8 Apr 2011
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douglas
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Or "Only in this way can we save billions of lives." also works. |
8 Apr 2011
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