Analysis of an argument - [Please provide feedback]

The following appeared in an announcement issued by the publisher of The Mercury, a weekly newspaper: “Since a competing lower-priced newspaper, The Bugle, was started five years ago, The Mercury’s circulation has declined by 10,000 readers. The best way to get more people to read The Mercury is...

I guess you are right. Stacey can you please confirm? If you say "has lived in Paris" doesnt it mean the fact that he lived in Paris is true. Not necessarily he still lives there? And if I say "Has been living in Paris " means that he has lived in Paris and continues to do so? pl...

A uses "has" but we are talking about an event that happened in the past so "has" is not appropriate

girish3131 wrote:why not A ?

may be author meant to say that experience is still going on...

but "thought" is in past tense, if we need to indicate an action that happened before that shouldn't we use "had" Can you clarify this one as well please? I always thought that ancient peoples HAD BELIEVED in many gods. I always thought that ancient peoples BELIEVED in many gods....

Stuart and veritas-brian - Great explanations

Awesome explanation. A takes z hours to manufacture alone. So, its z/x decks Remaining work to be done by both A and B is (100 - z/x) decks Together, A and B takes (x+y)/xy hours to manufacture 1 deck. Hence, to manufacture (100 - z/x) decks, (100 - z/x) * xy/(x+y) which is nothing but, y*(100x - z)...

Key Discovery

Hailed as a key discovery in the science of evolution, the fossils of a large scaly creature resembling both a fish and a land-animal provide evidence of a possible link in the evolutionary chain from water-based to land-based organisms. A. the fossils of a large scaly creature resembling both a fis...