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Rommel Posted 8 years ago
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Is 'side by side with' correctly used in the sentence?

Is 'side by side with' correctly used in the sentence?

Nowadays, existence of undernutrition, side by side with overweight and obesity in the same population, rises across the life course of people.

  

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" Those two terms refer to the same event (so you only need one). ) and obesity is a noun. "

— Doctor D

  • " Those two terms refer to the same event (so you only need one).
  • ) and obesity is a noun.
  • "
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"Side by side" is okay, but not "overweight and obesity." Those two terms refer to the same event (so you only need one). However, "overweight" is an adjective (overweight what?) and obesity is a noun. To be in parallel, you want the two nouns "undernutrition" and "obesity."

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