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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Mercury contamination

Hello, I have a question about a sentence that I am to correct, but seem to have a difficulty getting it right. My sentence still doesn't sound right and I' worried about straying too far from the original meaning. So here goes...

Original sentence: World’s significant places contaminated with toxic mercury can be found in...

My sentence: Some of the world’s most mercury contaminated places can be found in the...

Thank you very much for any advice!
  

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Anonymous Original sentence: World’s most significant places contaminated with toxic mercury can be found in... It sounds perfectly right to me.

  • Anonymous Original sentence: World’s most significant places contaminated with toxic mercury can be found in...
  • It sounds perfectly right to me.
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AnonymousOriginal sentence: World’s most significant places contaminated with toxic mercury can be found in...
It sounds perfectly right to me.
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Original sentence: World’s significant places contaminated with toxic mercury can be found in...

My sentence: Some of the world’s most mercury contaminated places can be found in the...

The world’s most mercury-contaminated places can be found in ...

The original does not indicate only 'some'.

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