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Omar Ahmed Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

The law prevents the hunting of......birds and animals in some parts of Sinai.

a) rare b) scarce c) extinct

My answer is : a

Is it correct? I wonder if you could tell me the difference between rare, scarce, and extinct.

  

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Omar Ahmed Is it correct? Yes. Omar Ahmed the difference between rare, scarce, and extinct.

  • Omar Ahmed Is it correct?
  • Yes.
  • Omar Ahmed the difference between rare, scarce, and extinct.
  • Scarce: not enough to meet the demands.
  • It is used with water, food, medicine etc Rare: not occurring very often.
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Omar AhmedIs it correct?

Yes.

Omar Ahmedthe difference between rare, scarce, and extinct.

Scarce: not enough to meet the demands. It is used with water, food, medicine etc

Rare: not occurring very often. It talks about the frequency of a thing. It is used with animals, birds, plant, disease etc

Extinct:

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Omar AhmedThe law prevents the hunting of......birds and missing word here animals in some parts of Sinai.

The law prevents the hunting of......birds and other animals in some parts of Sinai.


Birds are animals so, you should include the word other.

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