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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Hi.
"The company can and has used carbon dioxide extracted from air to make petrol, but it is also using industrial sources of carbon dioxide until it is able to improve the performance of "carbon capture"." [From The Independent.]
Should there be the implied "use", as a complement of the verb phrase, after the modal "can" in this paragraph?
Thank you.
"The company can and has used carbon dioxide extracted from air to make petrol, but it is also using industrial sources of carbon dioxide until it is able to improve the performance of "carbon capture"." [From The Independent.]
Should there be the implied "use", as a complement of the verb phrase, after the modal "can" in this paragraph?
Thank you.
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Hi, It's a poor sentence unless you add 'use'. ie The company can use and has used carbon dioxide extracted from air to make petrol, but it is also using industrial sources of carbon dioxide until it is able to improve the performance of "carbon capture". Clive
- Hi, It's a poor sentence unless you add 'use'.
- ie The company can use and has used carbon dioxide extracted from air to make petrol, but it is also using industrial sources of carbon dioxide until it is able to improve the performance of "carbon capture".
- Clive
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Hi,
It's a poor sentence unless you add 'use'.
ie The company can use and has used carbon dioxide extracted from air to make petrol, but it is also using industrial sources of carbon dioxide until it is able to improve the performance of "carbon capture".
It's a poor sentence unless you add 'use'.
ie The company can use and has used carbon dioxide extracted from air to make petrol, but it is also using industrial sources of carbon dioxide until it is able to improve the performance of "carbon capture".
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