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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
blackbirds
It was misunderstood by a researcher that big and old blackbirds lived longer than young and small blackbirds during a month study.
Is this sentence OK?
Thank you
Is this sentence OK?
Thank you
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Hi, It was misunderstood by a researcher that big and old blackbirds lived longer than young and small blackbirds during a month study. Is this sentence OK? No.
- Hi, It was misunderstood by a researcher that big and old blackbirds lived longer than young and small blackbirds during a month study.
- Is this sentence OK?
- No.
- Do you mean big blackbirds and old blackbirds , or big, old black birds ?
- What about big, young blackbirds?
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Hi,
It was misunderstood by a researcher that big and old blackbirds lived longer than young and small blackbirds during a month study.
Is this sentence OK? No. Do you mean big blackbirds and old blackbirds, or big, old black birds? What about big, young blackbirds? Old, small blackbirds? I think you need t
It was misunderstood by a researcher that big and old blackbirds lived longer than young and small blackbirds during a month study.
Is this sentence OK? No. Do you mean big blackbirds and old blackbirds, or big, old black birds? What about big, young blackbirds? Old, small blackbirds? I think you need t
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Thank you Clive, I mean big, old blackbirds.
It was misunderstood during a one-month study by a researcher that big, old blackbirds lived longer than young, small blackbirds.
It was misunderstood during a one-month study by a researcher that big, old blackbirds lived longer than young, small blackbirds.
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Maybe:
"A researcher who carried out a one-month study of blackbirds failed to understand that big, old blackbirds live longer than small, young blackbirds."
(The old ones are the wily ones.)
MrP
"A researcher who carried out a one-month study of blackbirds failed to understand that big, old blackbirds live longer than small, young blackbirds."
(The old ones are the wily ones.)
MrP
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Hi,
I still find this sentence a little odd. It sounds rather like 'Old blackbirds live longer than young blackbirds'. What the heck does that mean?
Perhaps one could simply say that 'Big blackbirds live longer than small blackbirds'?
Best wishes, Clive
I still find this sentence a little odd. It sounds rather like 'Old blackbirds live longer than young blackbirds'. What the heck does that mean?
Perhaps one could simply say that 'Big blackbirds live longer than small blackbirds'?
Best wishes, Clive
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Well, I took it to mean that young, small blackbirds had a lower rate of survival than old, big blackbirds.
For instance, nestlings might have a high mortality rate, because of predation by magpies, etc. So the chances of surviving beyond 6 weeks might be quite low; but once you'd reached 6 weeks, you might have quite a good chance of surviving till you were one year old.
Presum
For instance, nestlings might have a high mortality rate, because of predation by magpies, etc. So the chances of surviving beyond 6 weeks might be quite low; but once you'd reached 6 weeks, you might have quite a good chance of surviving till you were one year old.
Presum
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