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Omar Ahmed Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
A puzzling question
- Don't wash fruit and vegetables USING polluted water.
My friend asked me about the function of the word USING. I told him that it is PRESENT PARTICIPLE and that the sentence may have originally read " Don't wash fruit and vegetables BY USING polluted water." Omitting BY here doesn't affect the meaning.
- Am I right? I would be grateful to if you answered my question.
Top answer
You are right, but the sentence is more simply expressed as 'Don't wash fruit and vegetables in polluted water'.
- You are right, but the sentence is more simply expressed as 'Don't wash fruit and vegetables in polluted water'.
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You are right, but the sentence is more simply expressed as
'Don't wash fruit and vegetables in polluted water'.
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