Be made by -ing
The food is made by mixing sugar with water.
Can I rewrite the sentence to
‘Mixing sugar with water makes the food’?
Or ‘by-ing’ is just another expression that has a certain meaning, like ‘You can go there by taking a bus’?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual.
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Hans51 The food is made by mixing sugar with water. Can I rewrite the sentence as ‘Mixing sugar with water makes the food’? Yes, but it is not the greatest sentence ever written, in my opinion.
- Hans51 The food is made by mixing sugar with water.
- Can I rewrite the sentence as ‘Mixing sugar with water makes the food’?
- Yes, but it is not the greatest sentence ever written, in my opinion.
- The original sentence seems unusual.
- I don't know what sort of "food" is made that way.
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Hans51The food is made by mixing sugar with water.
Can I rewrite the sentence as ‘Mixing sugar with water makes the food’?
Yes, but it is not the greatest sentence ever written, in my opinion.
The original sentence seems unusual. I don't know what sort of "food" is made that way. It could be OK in the right con
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