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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Could you help me with these sentences?
Are these sentences free from grammatical mistakes? Also, I am not sure about the last part. Which would you choose?
Great imagination is required in discussing economy. In Japan, we basically enjoy a very comfortable life though we may have some compaints. In some parts of the world, however there are still many people suffering from ( ? ).
(1) a food shortage
(2) a shortage of food
(3) food shortages
(4) shortages of food
Great imagination is required in discussing economy. In Japan, we basically enjoy a very comfortable life though we may have some compaints. In some parts of the world, however there are still many people suffering from ( ? ).
(1) a food shortage
(2) a shortage of food
(3) food shortages
(4) shortages of food
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The first sentence sounds a little odd. I think you can consider this: One needs great imagination to discuss economy . In Japan, we basically enjoy a very comfortable life though we may have some com pl aints.
- The first sentence sounds a little odd.
- I think you can consider this: One needs great imagination to discuss economy .
- In Japan, we basically enjoy a very comfortable life though we may have some com pl aints.
- In some parts of the world, howeve r, th ere are still many people suffering from shortage of food .
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The first sentence sounds a little odd.
I think you can consider this:
One needs great imagination to discuss economy. In Japan, we basically enjoy a very comfortable life though we may have some complaints. In some parts of the world, however, there are still many people suffering from shortage of food.
I think you can consider this:
One needs great imagination to discuss economy. In Japan, we basically enjoy a very comfortable life though we may have some complaints. In some parts of the world, however, there are still many people suffering from shortage of food.
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Thank you for your advice. How do you usually decide whether you use nouns without any particles?
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teacherJapan however there are still many people suffering from ( ? ).(1) a food shortage(2) a shortage of food (3) food shortages(4) shortages of foodThose all seem rather stuffy to me.
In some parts of the world, however, many people are still hungry/starving.
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Yes, the use of starving or hungry definitely makes a sentence even simpler 
Thank you very much for your advice.
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Thank you very much for your advice.
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...there are still many people suffering from
(1) a food shortage
(2) a shortage of food
(3) food shortages
(4) shortages of food
The first one seems to refer to only a particular instance (even though it uses 'a' instead of 'the'). The same applies to the second case: 'a' is just too suggestive of 'one'.
The third seems to me
(1) a food shortage
(2) a shortage of food
(3) food shortages
(4) shortages of food
The first one seems to refer to only a particular instance (even though it uses 'a' instead of 'the'). The same applies to the second case: 'a' is just too suggestive of 'one'.
The third seems to me
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