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Moonrise Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Grammar & meaning.

Hi teachers,

"Living with the problem is almost equal to denying its existence. Therefore it is significant to make efforts to fight climate change."

-Does it sound natural?

-Regarding the article, which is better? to use "the" or "a" before the noun "problem"?


Thank you very much

  

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Moonrise -Does it sound natural? "Therefore" is usually too heavy handed, and it is here. If you must use it, don't break the sentence at it.

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  • Moonrise -Does it sound natural?
  • "Therefore" is usually too heavy handed, and it is here.
  • If you must use it, don't break the sentence at it.
  • "Almost equal" sounds like you don't know the word "tantamount".
  • "Significant" is wrong.
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Moonrise-Does it sound natural?

"Therefore" is usually too heavy handed, and it is here. If you must use it, don't break the sentence at it. "Almost equal" sounds like you don't know the word "tantamount". "Significant" is wrong.

"Living with the problem is tantamount to denying its existence. It is important to make efforts to fight climate change."

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Moonrise"Living with the problem is almost equal to denying its existence. Therefore it is significant to make efforts to fight climate change."
-Does it sound natural?

The pattern "it is significant to ~" is not correct. "it is important to ~" would work.

Moonrise-Regarding the article, which is better? to use "the" or "a"
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