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ACT Aspire English: It's All in the Past (Tense)
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what determined


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Okay Aspiring readers last one of this whole english section

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here It's the role of genetics and environment in shaping

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personality All right we got one in twelve here We'll

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start right there What determined and let's came down to

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it When we talk about people's personalities we have the

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implicit understanding that personality traits are a fundamental part of

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what makes people different from one another But where do

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these traits come from And what determined which traits we

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develop Eyes that awkward what determined Well just because personality

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traits come from the past either because of genetics or

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upbringing Well it doesn't mean that the sentence should be

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in the past Hands right It's not what determined how

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are traits developed that in question since personality traits are

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not set in stone once they've begun developing its what

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determines how they develop right it's c That's the answer

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Since our personality traits are still influenced by genetics or

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upbringing the present continuous tense is too wordy since the

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simplest present tense captures the right idea already The past

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perfect like indeed makes it sound like the determination of

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our personality traits happened before something else happened which is

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not the case here so that's it It should read

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But where do these traits come from and what determines

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which trades we develop That's it see and uh or

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traded

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