diamondcutter
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- Oct 21, 2014
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- English Teacher
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- Chinese
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In the twentieth century, movie makers began making animated movies by painting thousands of pictures onto sheets of clear plastic called cels, and then photographing them one by one onto motion picture film. ...
In the twenty-first century, animators use computers to help them. But even with the help of a computer, it still takes a long time and a lot of people to make an animated movie.
(Reading Tracks 2, International Language Teaching Services Ltd)
I wonder if it’s better to rewrite this sentence--In the twenty-first century, animators use computers to help them--as follows.
In the twenty-first century, animators are using computers to help them.
My reason is that it’s clear to see the beginning and ending points of time of the action: the twenty-first century.
In the twenty-first century, animators use computers to help them. But even with the help of a computer, it still takes a long time and a lot of people to make an animated movie.
(Reading Tracks 2, International Language Teaching Services Ltd)
I wonder if it’s better to rewrite this sentence--In the twenty-first century, animators use computers to help them--as follows.
In the twenty-first century, animators are using computers to help them.
My reason is that it’s clear to see the beginning and ending points of time of the action: the twenty-first century.