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Felixxx Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Participle ?

Smoking is harmful for health which demonstrates the necessary of measuring smoking ban.
Smoking is harmful for health demonstrating the necessary of measuring smoking ban.
Smoking is harmful for health demonatrating we should not smoke.

All Correct? Thanks
  

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Smoking is harmful to our health- That is the normal collocation. I think "demonstrate" isn't the right choice of word. Can you rewrite them.

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  • Smoking is harmful to our health- That is the normal collocation.
  • I think "demonstrate" isn't the right choice of word.
  • Can you rewrite them.
  • As they are written, the meaning of rest of the texts aren't very clear.
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Smoking is harmful to our health- That is the normal collocation.
I think "demonstrate" isn't the right choice of word. Can you rewrite them. As they are written, the meaning of rest of the texts aren't very clear.
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Smoking is harmful for health which implies the necessary of measuring smoking ban.
Smoking is harmful for health implying the necessary of measuring smoking ban.
Smoking is harmful for health implying we should not smoke.

is it ok? Thanks
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No, "Implying" is still the wrong word to my ear. There are still problems with your sentences.
Necessary is an adjective. Do you mean : neccessity?
Also, what do you mean by "measuring" ? A measure, as a noun, can
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