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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Could you help me?

Could you tell me whether the following sentence sounds natural?

A fish is a creature that is scaled.

I feel like somehow "A fish is a creature that is covered with scales" are more natural even though the above sentence is also grammatically acceptable...
  

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lucas21c I feel like somehow "A fish is a creature that is covered with scales" are is more natural even though the above sentence is also grammatically acceptable . ] Right. It's more natural than the other one because "to scale a fish" is to remove its scales by scraping to prepare it for cooking and eating.

— CalifJim

  • lucas21c I feel like somehow "A fish is a creature that is covered with scales" are is more natural even though the above sentence is also grammatically acceptable .
  • ] Right.
  • It's more natural than the other one because "to scale a fish" is to remove its scales by scraping to prepare it for cooking and eating.
  • So we'd say A fish is a creature that [is / must be] scaled before eating it .
  • CJ
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lucas21cI feel like somehow "A fish is a creature that is covered with scales" are is more natural even though the above sentence is also grammatically acceptable. [One period is enough.]
Right. It's more natural than the other one because "to scale a fish" is to remove
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