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Ahava_yin Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
industrial produce/commodity
0 Hi. this is an article about McDonald's. 02 br
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00 McDonald's began switching to frozen French fries (from traditional way of scratching, frying every day) . A familiar food had been transformed into a highly processed industrial 01 i 00 ____ 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 Do you put produce or commodity here? Thank you! 0-
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00 McDonald's began switching to frozen French fries (from traditional way of scratching, frying every day) . A familiar food had been transformed into a highly processed industrial 01 i 00 ____ 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 Do you put produce or commodity here? Thank you! 0-
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02 br 01 i 00 Produce 02 i 00 does not work;perhaps 01 b 01 i 00 product 02 i 02 b 00 is meant. 0-
- 02 br 01 i 00 Produce 02 i 00 does not work;perhaps 01 b 01 i 00 product 02 i 02 b 00 is meant.
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01 i 00 Produce 02 i 00 does not work;perhaps 01 b 01 i 00 product 02 i 02 b 00 is meant. 01 i 00 Product 02 i 00 is better than 01 i 00 commodity 02 i 00 , I think. 02 br
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01 i 00 Produce 02 i 00 does not work;perhaps 01 b 01 i 00 product 02 i 02 b 00 is meant. 01 i 00 Product 02 i 00 is better than 01 i 00 commodity 02 i 00 , I think. 02 br
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00 What does 01 i 00 scratching 02 i 00 mean here? 0-
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0 'Commodity' is the best fit 02 br
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00 Commodity in this context means product, Mcdonald is a brand who rolls out product in the market as per the customers' requirement 02 br
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00 Commodity in this context means product, Mcdonald is a brand who rolls out product in the market as per the customers' requirement 02 br
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0 Thank you for your notes. 02 br
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00 To Mister Micawber, 02 br
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00 The original passge is: 02 br
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00 During McDonald's early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Burbank potatoes were peeled, cut into shoestrings, and fried in its kitchens. As the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to cut l
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00 To Mister Micawber, 02 br
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00 The original passge is: 02 br
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00 During McDonald's early years French fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Burbank potatoes were peeled, cut into shoestrings, and fried in its kitchens. As the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to cut l
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0 Just a quck note first on "scratching": "From scratch" means from raw materials. I bake cookies from scratch, and never buy the frozen dough. It's a fixed idiom, and you can't change it around. 02 br
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00 Produce is what comes right from the farm: Raw, unpeeled, etc. Once it's processed, it's no longer produce. (An exception may be that you can buy sliced packaged mushrooms
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00 Produce is what comes right from the farm: Raw, unpeeled, etc. Once it's processed, it's no longer produce. (An exception may be that you can buy sliced packaged mushrooms
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0 Thank you Grammar Geek. Your note is quite vivid and now I can see clearly the meaning of farm produce. And "from scratch" is new to me, I just thought it referred to the peeling action. Your note is so helpful. 02 br
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00 I still want to know when do you use the other meaning of produce, Something produced; a product. 02 br
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00 I still want to know when do you use the other meaning of produce, Something produced; a product. 02 br
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1 del 00 Industrial produce 02 del 00 is a no-no. 02 br
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00 Eventually: industrial 01 b 00 products 02 b 00 . 0240href http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/produce
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0 The noun, PRO-duce, is agricultural products: fruits, vegetables. 02 br
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00 The verb, pro-DUCE, makes to make something. 02 br
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00 If you make something, in common usage, you have a product, not produce. Yes, the dictionary lists "something produced" as a meaning for "produce," but it's not the 01 i 00 common 02 i 00 meaning. 0-
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00 The verb, pro-DUCE, makes to make something. 02 br
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00 If you make something, in common usage, you have a product, not produce. Yes, the dictionary lists "something produced" as a meaning for "produce," but it's not the 01 i 00 common 02 i 00 meaning. 0-
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0 Thank you for the definite answer and the website gave me a more precise understanding. Now I'm certain to use industrial commodity or industrial products. 02 br
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00 But still, I wonder whether you use the meaning of "something 05 0 00 ", the first definition given by merriam-webster. Thanks again 0240href http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/producedc produced
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00 But still, I wonder whether you use the meaning of "something 05 0 00 ", the first definition given by merriam-webster. Thanks again 0240href http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/producedc produced
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1 i 00 Produce 02 i 00 is somewhat rare and I only heard of it in agricultural contexts. 0-
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0 Thank you!! 02 br
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00 Grammar Geek, I saw your note after I posted the last one. Now I'm clear. Thanks again!! 0-
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00 Grammar Geek, I saw your note after I posted the last one. Now I'm clear. Thanks again!! 0-
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