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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Research paper - sprawl

Should this read "my interpretation of an urban sprawl" or "my interpretation of urban sprawl"? I feel like urban sprawl is a collective group of sprawl surrounding an urbanized area, so I leaning towards the latter.
  

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"my interpretation of urban sprawl" refers to urban sprawl in general. "my interpretation of an urban sprawl" refers to a particular example of urban sprawl.

  • "my interpretation of urban sprawl" refers to urban sprawl in general.
  • "my interpretation of an urban sprawl" refers to a particular example of urban sprawl.
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"my interpretation of urban sprawl" refers to urban sprawl in general. "my interpretation of an urban sprawl" refers to a particular example of urban sprawl.

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