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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Not just A but B
Similarly, increased knowledge of agriculture has helped grow more food on less land. by the same token, land once considered unfit for food production has become fertile. With the time, as we leave more about the ocean, we may be able to produce food just from land but form the sea as well.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if "not" is omitted before "just," and if "as" is the conjunction introducing a "cause" clause.
Thank you in advance for your help.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if "not" is omitted before "just," and if "as" is the conjunction introducing a "cause" clause.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Similarly, increased knowledge of agriculture has helped grow more food on less land. B y the same token, land once considered unfit for food production has become fertile. With/In time, as we learn more about the ocean, we may be able to produce food not just from land but from the sea as well.
- Similarly, increased knowledge of agriculture has helped grow more food on less land.
- B y the same token, land once considered unfit for food production has become fertile.
- With/In time, as we learn more about the ocean, we may be able to produce food not just from land but from the sea as well.
- [Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming] I'd like to know if "not" is omitted before "just," Yes and if "as" is the conjunction introducing a "cause" clause .
- I think I'd call it a time clause that implies a cause .
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Similarly, increased knowledge of agriculture has helped grow more food on less land. By the same token, land once considered unfit for food production has become fertile. With/In time, as we learn more about the ocean, we may be able to produce food
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Thank you, clive, for your very helpful answer. 
I think we already have the phrase expressing "time"?with time: as time goes on
I think we already have the phrase expressing "time"?with time: as time goes on
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In time, as we learn more about the ocean, . . .
The 'as' clause provides details of what we will do during the time.
The 'as' clause provides details of what we will do during the time.
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