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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Object

1.Genetic engineering sometimes entails the splicing of plant or animal genes into other species’ DNA.

2.Genetic engineering sometimes entails splicing plant or animal genes into the DNA of other species.

I guess verb entails demands an object (Noun). If so why is second one better than the first?

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Neither one is 'better'. The first is more formal: it uses a noun structure (the gerund, 'splicing').

— Mister Micawber

  • Neither one is 'better'.
  • The first is more formal: it uses a noun structure (the gerund, 'splicing').
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Neither one is 'better'. The first is more formal: it uses a noun structure (the gerund, 'splicing').
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Mister MicawberNeither one is 'better'. The first is more formal: it uses a noun structure (the gerund, 'splicing').
ah, got it, but is there any difference in meaning between entails the splicing of plant or animal genes and entails splicing the plant or animal genes ?
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No; it is just a register choice.
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