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. -- I agree that there is often an option; nevertheless, in your sentence, a specific power source is implied-- i.e the power supplied at where 'they' are. .

THANK YOU. You wrote: I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the 'would's are incorrect: If the power goes out, I dare to think that they will all leave. If the power goes out, I bet they will all leave. If the power goes out, I am sure that they will all leave. If the...

. Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?-- Yes You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they...

Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right? You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they are...

Nowadays there are greater and greater desires for (Too bloody much!) Nowadays there is a need (your use of comparatives - faster, more reliable, safer - makes "greater and greater" unnecessary, or somewhat redundant.) for a faster etc system which demands a / the precise choice...

1. would is the modal used for the consequent clause of a conditional structure. If that suit were navy blue, I would buy it. If that suit were black with gray pin stripes, I would like it better. If it were gray, I would like that suit better. The condition ( if -clause) is implicit -...

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Calif Jim I used past tense in the 'posing' example because I was imagining a press article describing the event. When we say "Manchester United are (or is) posing for photos", we are doing so in the belief that the listener or reader will infer we mean the players - or at least those players...