Are these sentences natural? August 23

[musicgold]

Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. Without this machine, I would have had to add each number manually to get the total.

2. The project is coming to (a) sunset.

3. Our annual estimates have revised down as we reduced / have reduced our sales assumptions for the Melbourne subsidiary.

Thanks,
MG.

[billmcd]

Hi,

Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?

1. Without this machine, I would have had to add each number manually to get the total. OK.

2. The project is coming to (a) sunset. I would say "to a close/end/finish" in that order. Never heard "sunset" used in that way.


3. Our annual estimates have been revised downward as we reduced / have reduced our sales assumptions (OR projections) for the Melbourne subsidiary.

Thanks,
MG.

b.

[musicgold]

Thanks Billcmd

3. Our annual estimates have been revised downward as we reduced / have reduced our sales assumptions (OR projections) for the Melbourne subsidiary.

I am confused about the use of tense here. A reduction in sales assumptions has resulted in a revision in annual estimates. Shouldn't we use 'reduced' instead of 'have reduced'?

Thanks.