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Mông Lung Linh Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

"pollutant" or "pollution"?

Smoke, dirt and noise are all kinds of ____.
A. pollute
B. polluting
C. pollutant
D. pollution
The correct answer is D - pollution, but why don't we choose C - pollutant?
  

Top answer

Because it would have to be plural -- they are all kinds of pollutant s .

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  • Because it would have to be plural -- they are all kinds of pollutant s .
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Because it would have to be plural -- they are all kinds of pollutants.
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Then if C were "pollutants", we should choose C?
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if C were "pollutants," I'd say both C and D are possible.
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