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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is the word contaminate here used as a noun?
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There are different models of how much of this contaminate are in drinking water. Surely it depends on exactly where a person lives what their actual water is like. So if you take some of the models and use the higher numbers, you have some numbers above the "level of concern."
There are different models of how much of this contaminate are in drinking water. Surely it depends on exactly where a person lives what their actual water is like. So if you take some of the models and use the higher numbers, you have some numbers above the "level of concern."
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There are different models of how much of this contaminate is in drinking water.
- There are different models of how much of this contaminate is in drinking water.
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There are different models of how much of this contaminate is in drinking water.
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The most usual noun form is contaminant (con·tam·i·nant (-n?nt))
Using the same form as the verb (contaminate) is quite rare.
The grammar in the sentence has other problems - the verb does not match the subject. Here are correct versions:
There are different models of how much of this contaminant is in drinking water.
There are different models of how much of t
Using the same form as the verb (contaminate) is quite rare.
The grammar in the sentence has other problems - the verb does not match the subject. Here are correct versions:
There are different models of how much of this contaminant is in drinking water.
There are different models of how much of t
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You are right, the writer probably meant "contaminant", and that would be much better, but some such verbs can be used as nouns, too, like "precipitate" and "duplicate".
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