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Yulysess Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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Hi everybody,

"Hundreds of human diseases involving enzyme defects have been found to be caused by genetic mutations."

Could the sentence above be paraphrased like the sentence below?

"It has been established that genetic mutations have caused hundreds of human diseases including enzyme defects."
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Thanks in advance for your valuable comments.
  

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No, because of the change from involving to including. have enzyme defects as part of them. The first sentence restricts itself to only to the hundreds of diseases that involve enzyme defects.

— Nona the brit

  • No, because of the change from involving to including.
  • have enzyme defects as part of them.
  • The first sentence restricts itself to only to the hundreds of diseases that involve enzyme defects.
  • Your second sentence makes no such restriction, it is talking about hundreds of diseases, only some of which involve enzyme defects..
  • " would be ok.
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No, because of the change from involving to including. have enzyme defects as part of them.

The first sentence restricts itself to only to the hundreds of diseases that involve enzyme defects.

Your second sentence makes no such restriction, it is talking about hundreds of diseases, only some of which involve enzyme defects..

"It has been established that genetic mutat
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