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Anythingabove720 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
does this sentence flout any grammar rule
The camel's domestication, dated by some scholars to have been around the twelfth century B.C., was the key to the development of the spice trade in the ancient world.
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Sumeet
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Sumeet
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Hi, Welcome to the Forum Seems OK to me. Clive
- Hi, Welcome to the Forum Seems OK to me.
- Clive
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was the key: only if it was the only crucial factor
was key: if there were several such factors
was key: if there were several such factors
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The only elements that bother me, and then only slightly, are the camel's domestication, dated to have been, and the key.
Here's an alternate version.
The domestication of the camel, estimated by some scholars to have occurred around the twelfth century B.C., was key to the development of the spice trade in the ancient world.
CJ
Here's an alternate version.
The domestication of the camel, estimated by some scholars to have occurred around the twelfth century B.C., was key to the development of the spice trade in the ancient world.
CJ
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