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New Hope Posted 13 years ago
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Which one of the two is correct?
This discovery shows that this area was covered by sea during ancient times where sharks were found in large numbers.
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This discovery shows that this area was covered by sea during ancient times and where sharks were found in large numbers.
  

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orThis discovery shows that this area was covered by sea during ancient times and where sharks were found in large numbers. The second is wrong because the "and" has nothing to work with. I see your problem with the first.

— Enoon

  • orThis discovery shows that this area was covered by sea during ancient times and where sharks were found in large numbers.
  • The second is wrong because the "and" has nothing to work with.
  • I see your problem with the first.
  • "
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haroon rashid Which one of the two is correct?This discovery shows that this area was covered by sea during ancient times where sharks were found in large numbers.orThis discovery shows that this area was covered by sea during ancient times and where sharks were found in large numbers.
The second is wrong because the "and" has nothing to work with. I see your
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I'd switch it up a bit, or split it into two sentences for clarity. Emotion: smile

This discovery of large numbers of sharks [shark re
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Is it okay to write "by a sea" : instead of "by sea" in your sentence?
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Hello, haroon. The problem is that we are not sure from your text whether shark fossils reveal that there was a sea or that the sea once here had an inordinate number of sharks. I'll go with Elanguest on this one and offer my own slightly modified version:

This discovery of sharks in large numbers shows that this area was covered by the sea during ancient times.
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