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Hi there,Can you tell me if these sentences are making any sense to you, please?That is the root caused the problem.That is the root of the problem.That is the radical problem.Cheers.

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John AkiCan you tell me if these sentences ~~are making~~ make any sense to you, please?

John AkiThat is the root caused the problem.

Ungrammatical.

John AkiThat is the root of the problem.

Correct.

John AkiThat is the radical problem.

This is potentially correct English, but it is somewhat unusual, and it does not mean the same as "That is the root of the problem". Instead, "radical" is probably understood as meaning something like sense 1 at https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/radical:

relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough

or perhaps one of these senses:

Advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social change
Characterized by independence of or departure from tradition; innovative or unorthodox.

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