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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
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Prevent

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The speaker adimts that prescribed fire prevents spreading of wildfire to ather areas since prescribed fire uses up all underbrush leaves, dead branches and logs.

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The speaker adimts admits that prescribed fire prevents the spreading of wildfire to ather other areas since prescribed fire uses up all underbrush leaves, dead branches , and logs. Good as corrected above. Better: The speaker admits that prescribed fire prevents wildfires from spreading to other areas because it clears all the underbrush of dead leaves, branches, and logs.

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  • The speaker adimts admits that prescribed fire prevents the spreading of wildfire to ather other areas since prescribed fire uses up all underbrush leaves, dead branches , and logs.
  • Good as corrected above.
  • Better: The speaker admits that prescribed fire prevents wildfires from spreading to other areas because it clears all the underbrush of dead leaves, branches, and logs.
  • "prevent" usually takes " noun FROM verb -ing" CJ
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The speaker adimts admits that prescribed fire prevents the spreading of wildfire to ather other areas since prescribed fire uses up all underbrush leaves, dead branches, and logs.

Good as corrected above.
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The speaker admits that prescribed fire prevents spreading of wildfire to other areas since prescribed fire uses up all underbrush leaves, dead branches and logs.

It's OK, but this one is a little better:
The speaker admits that prescribed fire prevents spreading of wildfire to other areas since prescribed fire consumes fuels
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Thank you very much CJ and dear AlpheccaStars for explanation. Emotion: rose
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