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Beopro Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Orange-coloured

They're 14 years old now but they're still very short because they were affected by orange-coloured poison.

Is this sentence natural to say?

Thank you very much,

Beopro
  

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Hi, They're 14 years old now but they're still very short because they were affected by an orange-coloured poison. Is this sentence natural to say? It's correct grammar.

— Clive

  • Hi, They're 14 years old now but they're still very short because they were affected by an orange-coloured poison.
  • Is this sentence natural to say?
  • It's correct grammar.
  • But it sounds a bit odd, because the poisoning sounds like it happened years ago, and you choose to tell the listener an unimportant detail like its colour, rather than eg its name.
  • We more often say 'orange' rather than 'orange-coloured'.
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Hi,

They're 14 years old now but they're still very short because they were affected by an orange-coloured poison.

Is this sentence natural to say?

It's correct grammar.

But it sounds a bit odd, because the poisoning sou
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Do you mean, by chance, "affected by Agent Orange"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange

CJ
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Dear CJ and Clive!

- Is this sentence much better?

"That little boy has lots of congenital malformations because his mom was infected by Agent Orange in the war/because his mom caught Agent Orange in the war"

Thank you very much

Beopro
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"That little boy has lots of congenital malformations because his mom was infected by Agent Orange in the war/because his mom caught Agent Orange in the war"

The proper verb here is "exposed."

An infection is from a virus, bacteria or other organism.

You catch a infectious disease - like a cold or the flu.

That little boy has lots of congenital malformations be
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