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New2grammar  #515001  Sat, 17 May 08 10:07 PM
"If you look at the discovery trends over the past 40 years, we will find 150 billion barrels in the next 30 years.
This sentence is ackward. Looking at the trends won't help to find 150 barrels of oil. The logic is not right.

What do you think?

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Huevos  #515004  Sat, 17 May 08 10:21 PM
 Based on the discovery trends of the last 40 years, we should find 150 billion barrels over the next 30 years.
  
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