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fefa101
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how can you rephrase the following sentence starting with "If"... Thank you!!! - Millions of fish and other sea-related animals have died because of oil spills in the last decade. If ........................................................................................, ..................................................................................... |
19 May 2017
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yanogator
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I can �t think of any natural-sounding way to say the same thing starting with if, since "if" creates a conditional situation, and the original sentence is just a statement of fact. This might be what is intended: If there hadn �t been oil spills in the last decade, millions of fish and other sea-related animals would not have died. Bruce |
19 May 2017
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fefa101
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thnak you so much Bruce!! yes you are right thats why i was bit confused !! yet your answer seems very correct and logical!!
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19 May 2017
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JOHNPALMER
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if it hadn �t been for the oil spills over the last few decades, millions of fish and other sea-related animals wouldn �t have died. |
19 May 2017
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nawfel
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It �s true ;dear yanogator that what fefa 101 has sent is a statement of a past fact, yet conditional type 3 would allow us to answer this question:What if the past was different?Indeed ,conditional type 3 is used to express a different past.
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19 May 2017
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