"Demand from" or "demand of"
1- The demand from the opposition parties for an audit of the supply and demand of oxygen is growing.
2- The demand of the opposition parties for an audit of the supply and demand of oxygen is growing.
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I'm not sure such a demand can grow. There can be a growing demand for turnips, which means that more turnips are being demanded, but more audit cannot be demanded. Demands from the opposition parties for an audit of the supply and demand of oxygen are growing louder.
- I'm not sure such a demand can grow.
- There can be a growing demand for turnips, which means that more turnips are being demanded, but more audit cannot be demanded.
- Demands from the opposition parties for an audit of the supply and demand of oxygen are growing louder.
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I'm not sure such a demand can grow. There can be a growing demand for turnips, which means that more turnips are being demanded, but more audit cannot be demanded. Demands from the opposition parties for an audit of the supply and demand of oxygen are growing louder.
0"from" is better, or you can say "The opposition parties' demand(s) ...".
I would tend to put demands in the plural here. Of course, you would also have to change the verb to agree.
The repetition of "demand" in two slightly different senses is noticeable and not completely ideal.
The wording "demand(s) of X" is ambiguous, and can actually mean either that X demands somethin
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