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Dominik Posted 16 years ago
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Can you say the sentence in a different way?
Greenpeace wants to prevent scientific progres in this area turning into a giant genetic experiment.
in this area - what area does the sentence talk about?
turn into = change?
thanks in advance!
in this area - what area does the sentence talk about?
turn into = change?
thanks in advance!
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Hi, Greenpeace wants to prevent scientific progres s in this area turning into a giant genetic experiment. in this area - what area does the sentence talk about? We are not told.
- Hi, Greenpeace wants to prevent scientific progres s in this area turning into a giant genetic experiment.
- in this area - what area does the sentence talk about?
- We are not told.
- It must have been indicated earlier in the context.
- turn into = change?
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Hi,
Greenpeace wants to prevent scientific progress in this area turning into a giant genetic experiment.
in this area - what area does the sentence talk about? We are not told. It must have been indicated earlier in the context.
turn into = change? Yes, 'change into'. Or you might say 'become'.
The sentence is not wrong, but
Greenpeace wants to prevent scientific progress in this area turning into a giant genetic experiment.
in this area - what area does the sentence talk about? We are not told. It must have been indicated earlier in the context.
turn into = change? Yes, 'change into'. Or you might say 'become'.
The sentence is not wrong, but
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Hi,
Thanks Clive.
But ealier the text is about arms race (Greenpeace is against the arms race ...)
The next sentece is" They are calling for governments to pass laws so that all genetically modified food is labelled clearly"
Thanks Clive.
But ealier the text is about arms race (Greenpeace is against the arms race ...)
The next sentece is" They are calling for governments to pass laws so that all genetically modified food is labelled clearly"
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Hi,
Greenpeace is against the arms race ... This does not seem relevant to what comes later
. . .
. . .
What are the two sentences that come immediateley before these two?
Greenpeace wants to prevent scientific progress in this area turning into a giant genetic experiment.
They are calling for governments to p
Greenpeace is against the arms race ... This does not seem relevant to what comes later
. . .
. . .
What are the two sentences that come immediateley before these two?
Greenpeace wants to prevent scientific progress in this area turning into a giant genetic experiment.
They are calling for governments to p
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I inserted the first paragraph and two next door the interesting one :
Greenpeace is a non-governmental organisationa that works all over the world to protect the environment. Some of their current campaigns are listed bellow.
(...)
Greenpeace is against the arms race. Today ther are about 30000 nuclear weapons in the world, belonging to nine countries. More t
Greenpeace is a non-governmental organisationa that works all over the world to protect the environment. Some of their current campaigns are listed bellow.
(...)
Greenpeace is against the arms race. Today ther are about 30000 nuclear weapons in the world, belonging to nine countries. More t
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Hi,
Based on this context, it seems to refer to the arms race. But that doesn't seem to make much sense.
It just seems to be unclearly written.
Clive
Based on this context, it seems to refer to the arms race. But that doesn't seem to make much sense.
It just seems to be unclearly written.
Clive
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