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Omar Ahmed Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
A puzzling question
Egypt is working to achieve food security reclaiming thousands of feddans of desert ........
a) land b) lands
I go for (a)
Is there anything wrong with the sentence itself?
Top answer
"land" is the more likely word in that position. "lands" is not impossible. It has a slightly different "feel".
- "land" is the more likely word in that position.
- "lands" is not impossible.
- It has a slightly different "feel".
- Omar Ahmed Is there anything wrong with the sentence itself?
- It needs a comma after "security", or else the word "by" needs to be inserted.
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"land" is the more likely word in that position. "lands" is not impossible. It has a slightly different "feel".
Omar AhmedIs there anything wrong with the sentence itself?
It needs a comma after "security", or else the word "by" needs to be inserted.
Most English speakers would not know the word "feddan", so for an English-speaking audience it w
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