Hola, the second last sentence says " Todo esto haría crecer nuestro negocio.". Can it be "Todo esto crecería nuestro negocio."? If it can, what would be the difference between these two expressions? Thank you.
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David M. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi there Naomi -
According to my [Oxford] Dictionary, 'crecer' is never a transitive verb [whereas in English it can be], so your second [alternative] option is not correct Spanish.
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq
Hola Naomi
As David said, crecer is not normally used with a direct object - you could say in this case for example "Todo esto aumentaría nuestro negocio."
So, the natural way to say it in this case is by using the verb hacer: haría crecer nuestro negocio.
Saludos
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