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Anonymous  +  669391 Wed, 11 Feb 09 03:34 AM
Hi. Can you read this and answer some questions?

Possible title: How to free from the life of dependency
Possible writer: John Doe

...Imagine living your life depending on someone else. That someone supports with all your life's needs. Then one day, you finds yourself with him missing. Gone. In that case, you 1) could go out and find a job that requires physical labor. You body 2) would ache due to overuse of your body  and you 3) would try to find another way to support yourself but 4) would find there are a limited number of jobs you can apply to and give up and go back to the life style of dependency you 5) were accustomed to. Then you 6) would find there are not many people you can find to depend on.

So, my recommendation to you is to change your way of thinking. A life of dependency doesn't work -- the sooner you take your life in your hand, the better it will be.   

Q: Can these good (correct?) as sentences that talk about the above John Doe article? I think what I am trying to find out is ways to incorporate some phrases from the text to say what I have to say. I think the word "loudly" in the second sentence has be supported by the content of the text and you wouldn't know from the piece given above. And in number one sentence, I think ways to free oneself should have been discussed in the text, which would be impossible to tell from the piece given.  

1) In this piece, John Doe explores ways to free oneself from  "the life of dependency" and offer his recommendation.
2) John Doe will discuss the issue of "dependency" and offer his recommendation that speaks loudly of the futility of a life of dependency.  

Q: Would you say nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 show the conditional use of the modal "would" with elliped if-clauses (that are suitable?)?
Should no. 5 be a past tense or the present perfect tense "has been accustomed to"? I find it difficult to understand the use of a past tense in a piece of writing that is supposed to depict an imaginary situation. 
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