Is this sentence right in grammar? Please correct this better.

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Environmental scientists' study shows that the building areas with many trees around had nearly twice fewer violence and property crimes than those with almost none.

"nearly twice fewer" ~ "only half as many incidents of violence and propertry crimes" [The reason for this suggestion is that 'violence' is uncoun

Hi,

I underlined the word and phrases that I think are questionable:

Environmental scientists' study shows that the building areas with many trees around had nearly twice fewer violence and property crimes than those with almost none.
1. The article the should be removed.
2. I don't understand what twice fewer means! Do you mea

StartFragment> Walking down the street, you may not even notice the trees, but, according to a new study, they do a lot more than give shade. Environmental scientists chose two Chicago public housing projects, both of which had some buildings with lots of trees nearby, and some with practically none. According to the study, violence and property crimes were nearly twice as high in secti

Anonymous'An environmental scientists' study shows that the building areas around which [was greenery]/[had trees planted] had nearly half as many violence and property crimes than those with almost none.'