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Vincent Teo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

keep / make us healthy

Do I say,

1 Good hygiene is important because it keeps us clean and healthy.

2 Good hygiene is important to make us clean and healthy.

3 Good hygiene is important for / to us to keep away from germs and bacteria.

4 Good hygiene is good for our clean and health.

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4 Good hygiene is good for our clean cleanliness and health. #1 assumes we are already clean and healthy, so good hygiene is important to maintain that. #2 means we are not clean and healthy at the moment, but good hygiene is important to establishing our cleanliness and health.

— Englishmaven

  • 4 Good hygiene is good for our clean cleanliness and health.
  • #1 assumes we are already clean and healthy, so good hygiene is important to maintain that.
  • #2 means we are not clean and healthy at the moment, but good hygiene is important to establishing our cleanliness and health.
  • #3 doesn't really make good sense because good hygiene does not prevent us from coming into contact with germs and bacteria in our lives.
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4 Good hygiene is good for our clean cleanliness and health.

#1 assumes we are already clean and healthy, so good hygiene is important to maintain that.
#2 means we are not clean and healthy at the moment, but good hygiene is important to establishing our cleanliness and health.
#3 doesn't really make good sense because good hygiene does not prevent us from coming into
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