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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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accidental pollution
0 With high technology, 01 b 00 accidental pollution 02 b 00 like oil spill 01 b 00 by ships 02 b 00 will be minimized to some extent. 02 br
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00 Does the sentence sound right to you, especially the parts in bold? 02 br
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00 Is it better if I change 01 b 00 accidental pollution 02 b 00 into pollution 01 b 00 caused by accidents 02 b 00 and 01 b 00 by ships 02 b 00 into 01 b 00 from ships 02 b 00 ? 0-
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00 Does the sentence sound right to you, especially the parts in bold? 02 br
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00 Is it better if I change 01 b 00 accidental pollution 02 b 00 into pollution 01 b 00 caused by accidents 02 b 00 and 01 b 00 by ships 02 b 00 into 01 b 00 from ships 02 b 00 ? 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 I suppose you could argue for either 'from' or 'by' depending on how you look at the situation. With by, you are looking at the action of the ships. 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 I suppose you could argue for either 'from' or 'by' depending on how you look at the situation.
- With by, you are looking at the action of the ships.
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0 'pollution caused by accident 01 u 00 s 02 u 00 ' has a different meaning to 'polllution caused by accident'. 02 br
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00 In any case, I find 'accidental pollution' ok. 02 br
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00 I suppose you could argue for either 'from' or 'by' depending on how you look at the situation. With by, you are looking at the action of the ships. With from, you
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00 In any case, I find 'accidental pollution' ok. 02 br
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00 I suppose you could argue for either 'from' or 'by' depending on how you look at the situation. With by, you are looking at the action of the ships. With from, you
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01 cite 10 Nona The Brit 12 cite 11 b 10 'pollution caused by accident 11 u 10 s 12 u 10 ' has a different meaning to 'polllution caused by accident' 12 b 10 . 12 br
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10 In any case, I find 'accidental pollution' ok. 12 br
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10 I suppose you could argue for either 'from' or 'b
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0 by accident - not on purpose, might just be a leak from the ship's engine for example, or a rubbish bag falling overboard, as well as a major pollution problem. 02 br
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00 by an accident/by accidents - by an accident (i.e. two ships crashing, running into a rock, a crane dropping something into the water while loading), an incident. Sounds more serious. 02 br
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00 by an accident/by accidents - by an accident (i.e. two ships crashing, running into a rock, a crane dropping something into the water while loading), an incident. Sounds more serious. 02 br
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0 Thanks, nona. 02 br
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00 Now it occurs to me( after your explanation) that by accident means by chance, and by accidents means by one or many accidents. 02 br
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00 I like the word "iffy"; someone says it's fishy. 0-
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00 Now it occurs to me( after your explanation) that by accident means by chance, and by accidents means by one or many accidents. 02 br
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00 I like the word "iffy"; someone says it's fishy. 0-
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