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10 Jul 2021, 01:40
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Simple past tense "struggled" is not clear to me here. Where do we find the indication that the struggle is actually finished? "Have struggled" would make more sense, because it sound as if they are still struggling.
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10 Jul 2021, 03:15
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My explanation among had struggled, struggled and has struggled i would choose struggled because two events are described here predicted and struggled...The scientist had predicted earlier so the other verb will take the simple tense struggled so we will come down to b and e.Between b and e which is pointing out to deer and the modifier use in b is not clear and ambigous so eliminate b.E is the correct answer.Give kudos if u like my explanation.
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I have a small but an important doubt. I have often suffered when differentiating between what's the correct usage of the word "would".
So, I identified four scenarios where the usage of "would" is correct. They are:
• To present a habit/action of past. She would cry, when she remembered her dog. In this case, "would" is "replaceable" by "used to". She used to cry, when she remembered her dog.
• If and then conditionals. If she knew that he was a liar, she would have never dated him.
• To state future in past. He thought that the car would not be damaged.
• To express a desire/preference. I would like you to come to my party.
In the correct option E: The deer, which traveled hundreds of miles to reach the Canadian wilderness where they would be free to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers, struggled to acclimate to the habitat that wildlife biologists had predicted would enable them to thrive.
Here, I am unable to categorize the "they would be" among the four scenarios I mentioned above.
Can you please share some light onto this?
Update:
I was successful in identifying the gap in my understanding of "would". I realised there is a one more scenario where the usage of "would" is apt and my Option E falls into it. That is,
• We also use would to make hypotheses: When we imagine a situation: 1. It would be very expensive to stay in a hotel. 2. I would give you a lift, but my wife has the car today.
Here, the author "hypothesized/imagined" that the deers "would" roam freely in the Canadian wilderness. Hence, its usage is correct.
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I have a small but an important doubt. I have often suffered when differentiating between what's the correct usage of the word "would".
So, I identified four scenarios where the usage of "would" is correct. They are:
• To present a habit/action of past. She would cry, when she remembered her dog. In this case, "would" is "replaceable" by "used to". She used to cry, when she remembered her dog.
• If and then conditionals. If she knew that he was a liar, she would have never dated him.
• To state future in past. He thought that the car would not be damaged.
• To express a desire/preference. I would like you to come to my party.
In the correct option E: The deer, which traveled hundreds of miles to reach the Canadian wilderness where they would be free to roam without fear of highway traffic or other man-made dangers, struggled to acclimate to the habitat that wildlife biologists had predicted would enable them to thrive.
Here, I am unable to categorize the "they would be" among the four scenarios I mentioned above.
Can you please share some light onto this?
Update:
I was successful in identifying the gap in my understanding of "would". I realised there is a one more scenario where the usage of "would" is apt and my Option E falls into it. That is,
• We also use would to make hypotheses: When we imagine a situation: 1. It would be very expensive to stay in a hotel. 2. I would give you a lift, but my wife has the car today.
Here, the author "hypothesized/imagined" that the deers "would" roam freely in the Canadian wilderness. Hence, its usage is correct.
Apologies
