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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
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How can I make the word companies not redundant in this sentence?
How can I make the word companies not redundant in this sentence? Can I write …such as fur and logging companies and animal research laboratories… instead? But if I write so, the conjunction and would be redundant. What do you think?
- Environmental extremists could destroy properties to inflict economic damage on industries such as fur companies, logging companies, and animal research laboratories, which they perceive as harming the natural environment including plants and animals.
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The word "companies" is not redundant. You can't leave the word out in either place it occurs. I think you've got bigger problems.
- The word "companies" is not redundant.
- You can't leave the word out in either place it occurs.
- I think you've got bigger problems.
- By definition, the environment is natural and contains plants and animals.
- There's your redundancy.
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The word "companies" is not redundant. You can't leave the word out in either place it occurs.
I think you've got bigger problems. By definition, the environment is natural and contains plants and animals. There's your redundancy.
You've also conflated environmental activists (who are concerned with habitats) and animal rights activists (who are concerned with animals in capti
I think you've got bigger problems. By definition, the environment is natural and contains plants and animals. There's your redundancy.
You've also conflated environmental activists (who are concerned with habitats) and animal rights activists (who are concerned with animals in capti
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deadratYou've also conflated environmental activists (who are concerned with habitats) and animal rights activists (who are concerned with animals in captivity).Would it be OK if I rewrite my sentence as follows?
Radical environmentalists destroy properties to inflict economic damage on industries such as fur companies, logging companies and anima
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Very nice.
I would use the collective noun "property" instead of its plural. The plural has the connotation of real estate parcels.
I would use the collective noun "property" instead of its plural. The plural has the connotation of real estate parcels.
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You're welcome. That's the nicest thing anyone has said to me in the last 15 minutes.
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Ha, ha! No, deadrat, please don't get me wrong.
When I say, 'I love you,' what I mean is that I appreciate what you've done.
When I say, 'I love you,' what I mean is that I appreciate what you've done.00
So you're saying a ring is out of the question?
OK -- still the nicest thing anyone had said to me in 15 minutes.
OK -- still the nicest thing anyone had said to me in 15 minutes.
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