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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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I agree that an aircraft could be powered using nuclear fuel...

Which of the following sentences is correct? In the first one or is repeated many times which interrups the flow. Is it necessary to repeat or to make the meaning clear?

1: I agree that an aircraft could be powered using nuclear fuel or biomass or biodiesel, or ethanol among others.

2: I agree that an aircraft could be powered using nuclear fuel, biomass, biodiesel, and ethanol among others.
  

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Hi, Which of the following sentences is correct? In the first one or is repeated many times which interrups the flow. Is it necessary to repeat or to make the meaning clear?

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  • Hi, Which of the following sentences is correct?
  • In the first one or is repeated many times which interrups the flow.
  • Is it necessary to repeat or to make the meaning clear?
  • 1: I agree that an aircraft could be powered using nuclear fuel or biomass or biodiesel, or ethanol among others.
  • 2: I agree that an aircraft could be powered using nuclear fuel, biomass, biodiesel, and ethanol among others.
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Hi,

Which of the following sentences is correct? In the first one or is repeated many times which interrups the flow. Is it necessary to repeat or to make the meaning clear?

1: I agree that an aircraft could be powered using nuclear fuel or biomass or biodiesel, or ethanol among others.

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The problem is that these are not parallel nouns without the word "fuel," so simply listing them all in a series requries some rewriting. You also need to say "among other whats."

These are fuels: Nuclear fuel, Ethanol, Biodiesel

Biomass is a fuel source, but you don't just say "biomass"

I agree that an aircraft could be powered used alternative fuels, such as nuclear p
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