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Contiluo Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
lurking danger
Is the sentence natural English?
To ensure the safety and hygiene requirements for the public, we clamour to awaken consumer awareness to lurking danger by the use of disposable chopsticks.
To ensure the safety and hygiene requirements for the public, we clamour to awaken consumer awareness to lurking danger by the use of disposable chopsticks.
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No, it's not natural, but the overall meaning puzzles me too. It seems to be saying that disposable chopsticks are unhygienic. I would have thought the exact opposite.
- No, it's not natural, but the overall meaning puzzles me too.
- It seems to be saying that disposable chopsticks are unhygienic.
- I would have thought the exact opposite.
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No, it's not natural, but the overall meaning puzzles me too. It seems to be saying that disposable chopsticks are unhygienic. I would have thought the exact opposite.
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I wrote this sentence evolving from the following ideas.
1. Disposable chopsticks pose serious risk to human health. (Because chopstick manufacturers use industrial sulfur dioxide (SO2), which is known to cause damage to the respiratory system, to process disposable chopsticks.)
2. We urge people to pay attention to the danger of the use of disposable chopsticks.
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1. Disposable chopsticks pose serious risk to human health. (Because chopstick manufacturers use industrial sulfur dioxide (SO2), which is known to cause damage to the respiratory system, to process disposable chopsticks.)
2. We urge people to pay attention to the danger of the use of disposable chopsticks.
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If I interpret the meaning correctly, it could be worded:
"To ensure the safety and hygiene requirements of the public, we are using disposable chopsticks. This should awaken consumer awareness to lurking danger of re-using utensils."
"To ensure the safety and hygiene requirements of the public, we are using disposable chopsticks. This should awaken consumer awareness to lurking danger of re-using utensils."
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I'd say
eg To ensure the safety and health of the public, we are trying to make people aware of the danger involved in the use of disposable chopsticks.
eg To ensure the safety and health of the public, we are trying to make people aware of the danger involved in the use of disposable chopsticks.
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contiluoI wrote this sentence evolving from the following ideas.1. Disposable chopsticks pose serious risk to human health. (Because chopstick manufacturers use industrial sulfur dioxide (SO2), which is known to cause damage to the respiratory system, to process disposable chopsticks.)2. We urge people to pay attention to the danger of the use of disposable chopsticks. 3.
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wilpeterIf I interpret the meaning correctly, it could be worded:"To ensure the safety and hygiene requirements of the public, we are using disposable chopsticks. This should awaken consumer awareness to lurking danger of re-using utensils."This seems to be the opposite of the intended message.
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Sorry, folks. I must indeed have misunderstood the danger of using chopsticks. The additional posts explain why one-use chopsticks (like the stir sticks in coffee houses) are possibly dangerous.
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wilpeterSorry, folks. I must indeed have misunderstood the danger of using chopsticks. The additional posts explain why one-use chopsticks (like the stir sticks in coffee houses) are possibly dangerous.I think this is very easy to get the wrong way round because without the extra background information it is natural to think that disposable chopsticks are mor
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