How do you reword this sentence in a sensible way?
The public workers added more chlorine to the water to offset the increase in pH from excess urine added by children instead of cleaning the water, which led to people getting burns on their skin.
doesn't sound very idiomatic and is too wordy.
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My version, for better or worse: Because children were urinating in the pool, the pH increased, but rather than cleaning the water, public workers added extra chlorine. As a result, people began to complain that they were getting burns on their skin. CJ
- My version, for better or worse: Because children were urinating in the pool, the pH increased, but rather than cleaning the water, public workers added extra chlorine.
- As a result, people began to complain that they were getting burns on their skin.
- CJ
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My version, for better or worse:
Because children were urinating in the pool, the pH increased, but rather than cleaning the water, public workers added extra chlorine. As a result, people began to complain that they were getting burns on their skin.
CJ
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