A word and letters missing in a sentence (#3) | Cell to Singularity | Page 1

eager locust · 2023-03-04T21:43:26.440Z

1. Letter issue: I don't think there is a ( virus' ) word right? In plural it should be viruses. 2. Word issue: The end sentence i think should be ''humans might not even have existed''. Right now it's ''humans might not even exist'', which implies present tense whereas it should imply past tense.

eager locust Mar 4, 2023, 9:43 PM

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Letter issue: I don't think there is a ( virus' ) word right? In plural it should be viruses.
Word issue: The end sentence i think should be ''humans might not even have existed''. Right now it's ''humans might not even exist'', which implies present tense whereas it should imply past tense.

quick flint Mar 4, 2023, 11:09 PM

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I'm not sure this is a typo, but good to confirm

sonic storm Mar 5, 2023, 2:50 AM

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Yes, it should be viruses. However, there is the word "the" before that, which actually represents the general term for all viruses (kinda hard to explain but in a nutshell, I believe both is fine)
"Humans might not even exist" is grammatically correct. It implies that if not for viruses, humans would not be existing right now.

eager locust Mar 5, 2023, 1:36 PM

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sonic storm 1. Yes, it should be viruses. However, there is the word "the" before that, whic...

Oh alright i had no idea these could be right. Thanks for clarifying. English is not my primary language and i rarely saw forms like that. I think i will be submitting only the surefire mistakes in future like misspelling etc. Thanks again.

#A word and letters missing in a sentence (#3)