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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

participle sentence(phrasing)

1. A great number of people can(could?) be
more literate and well-rounded if television would broadcast many educational programs. The rate of people watching television differing from states to states, or from countries to countries, in general, a lot of people watch television worldwide.

2. A great number of people can be
more literate and well-rounded if television broadcasts many educational programs. The rate of people watching television differ from state to state and country to country in general, a lot of people watch television worldwide.

Q) The first underlined part in #1 means although the rate of people watching television differ from ....
I tried to make a participle sentence. Does it sound Okay? or should it be just phrased like in #2 or some other way?
  

Top answer

There is no such thing as 'the rate of people'. And there are other problems. You need to recast.

  • There is no such thing as 'the rate of people'.
  • And there are other problems.
  • You need to recast.
  • People can become more literate and well-rounded if television broadc asts educational programs.
  • The number of TV viewers varies from state to state and from country to country, bu t worldwide, many people watch television .
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There is no such thing as 'the rate of people'. And there are other problems. You need to recast.

People can become more literate and well-rounded if television broadcasts educational programs. The number of TV viewers varies from state to state and from country to country, but worldwide, many people watch television.

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