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Smee
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 Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:55 am Post subject: Could you correct this conditional sentence? |
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Dear friends,
Would you correct this sentence? It is part of a work I have to do for my oral exam and I don't know why it sounds odd.
"She said she would've genetically engineered her daughters if she had been able to do so. She would've liked them to be slimmer, taller and as intelligent as science could have done."
Thank you.
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Jorge |
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obelix
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 5:09 am Post subject: |
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"She said she would've genetically engineered her daughters if she had been able to do so. She would've liked them to be slimmer, taller and as intelligent as science could have done."
It sounds better to me if you change the last sentence to:
"She would've liked them to be slimmer, taller and as intelligent as science could have made them." |
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Smee
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Obelix,
Yes, I think it sound better that way.
Thank you.
Regards.
Jorge |
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