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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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Blubber helps keep freeing air and cold water off polar bears, and acts as
Blubber helps keep freeing air and cold water off polar bears, and acts as a nutritional reserve when food cannot be found.
Blubber helps keep freeing air and cold water away from polar bears, and serves/functions as a nutritious reserve when food cannot be found.
Which version of the above two is more sensible and why? Thanks.
Blubber helps keep freeing air and cold water away from polar bears, and serves/functions as a nutritious reserve when food cannot be found.
Which version of the above two is more sensible and why? Thanks.
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I'd go for a major overhaul-- and a Z in freezing : Blubber insulates polar bears from freezing air and cold water and acts/serves/functions as a nutritional reserve when food cannot be found.
- I'd go for a major overhaul-- and a Z in freezing : Blubber insulates polar bears from freezing air and cold water and acts/serves/functions as a nutritional reserve when food cannot be found.
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I'd go for a major overhaul-- and a Z in freezing:
Blubber insulates polar bears from freezing air and cold water and acts/serves/functions as a nutritional reserve when food cannot be found.
Blubber insulates polar bears from freezing air and cold water and acts/serves/functions as a nutritional reserve when food cannot be found.
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Mister MicawberI'd go for a major overhaul-- and a Z in freezing:Thanks, Mister.
Blubber insulates polar bears from freezing air and cold water and acts/serves/functions as a nutritional reserve when food cannot be found.
I'm pretty enamoured of your revision, but I'd like to know fir
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The difference in keep off and keep from is simply the prepositions-- off implies 'not on' and from implies 'not toward'-- but neither seems natural or appropriate here; a more formal, scientific vocabulary is required.
As for nutritional vs nutritious: I suppose either is possible. I chose the one that seemed more the language of the nutritioni
As for nutritional vs nutritious: I suppose either is possible. I chose the one that seemed more the language of the nutritioni
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Mister MicawberThe difference in keep off and keep from is simply the prepositions-- off implies 'not on' and from implies 'not toward'-- but neither seems natural or appropriate here; a more formal, scientific vocabulary is required.
As for nutritional vs nutritious: I suppose either is possible. I chose the one that s
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Of course you cannot. Neither can you find maple walnut or chocolate-cherry or Chinese-Italian or a host of other compounds. You'll have to put the two foodstuffs together into the casserole with your own imagination.
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