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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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Scientists are debating over whether GM foods are beneficial/good for our health.

Scientists are debating over whether GM foods are beneficial for our health.
Scientists are debating over whether GM foods are good for our health.
... advantageous to our health.

Hi,
Do all of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks.
  

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The first two seem fine (except, per my other recent post, I think I would say "beneficial to "). "advantageous" does not seem quite the right word to me.

  • The first two seem fine (except, per my other recent post, I think I would say "beneficial to ").
  • "advantageous" does not seem quite the right word to me.
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The first two seem fine (except, per my other recent post, I think I would say "beneficial to").

"advantageous" does not seem quite the right word to me.
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"be good for" is a usual phase.Others is rarely seen . Maybe my view is short.
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AngliholicDo all of the above sound right and mean about the same to you?
Yes. But of the three, advantageous is probably the least used. And beneficial to is more common than beneficial for.

CJ

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