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Akc Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
"as a result of" vs. "resulting from"
Hello,
Can some one please help me understand this.
When to use "as a result of" and "resulting from ". Any general rule.
Which one is grammatically correct as far as the use of "as a result of" and "resulting from" is concern.
1. The damage , to our lungs , as a result of smoking can be fatal.
2. The damage, to our lungs, resulting from smoking can be fatal.
Thank You.
Can some one please help me understand this.
When to use "as a result of" and "resulting from ". Any general rule.
Which one is grammatically correct as far as the use of "as a result of" and "resulting from" is concern.
1. The damage , to our lungs , as a result of smoking can be fatal.
2. The damage, to our lungs, resulting from smoking can be fatal.
Thank You.
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1. The damage to our lungs as a result of smoking can be fatal. 2.
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- The damage to our lungs as a result of smoking can be fatal.
- 2.
- The damage to our lungs resulting from smoking can be fatal.
- I take both of these to be correct and to have the same meaning.
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1. The damage to our lungs as a result of smoking can be fatal.
2. The damage to our lungs resulting from smoking can be fatal.
I take both of these to be correct and to have the same meaning.
2. The damage to our lungs resulting from smoking can be fatal.
I take both of these to be correct and to have the same meaning.
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Generally "as a result of" is preceded by phrase/clause but "resulting from" is preceded by noun or noun phrase.
As a result of increasingly disastrous economic fallout from mortgage foreclosures, several suburbs of Cleveland, one of the nation’s hardest-hit cities, are spending millions of dollars to maintain empty houses in an effort to contain real-estate panic and urban blight.
As a result of increasingly disastrous economic fallout from mortgage foreclosures, several suburbs of Cleveland, one of the nation’s hardest-hit cities, are spending millions of dollars to maintain empty houses in an effort to contain real-estate panic and urban blight.
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Sorry missed another example of "result from" in previous post.
The motion of each planet in the solar system results from the combined gravitaional pull of the Sun and of the other plantes.
Underlined part is noun phrase.
The motion of each planet in the solar system results from the combined gravitaional pull of the Sun and of the other plantes.
Underlined part is noun phrase.
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