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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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0 01i01font00Recently, an increase in the number of people with allergies has been in the news, and one of the causes of such allergies is said to be changes in living habits—an unbalanced diet with 02font01font00a large intake of02font00 01font00instant foods, milk and eggs, daily living in air-conditioned or heated environments.02font02br
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02i00I thought not only 'instant foods' but also 'milk and eggs' were within the scope of 'a large intake of', but to my surprise, my books says 'milk and eggs' is not in its scope—it says it's:02br
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01i00[an unbalanced diet with 00a large intake of 01font00instant foods]01font01sub00x02sub02font00, [milk and eggs]01font01sub00y02sub02font00, [daily living in air-conditioned or heated environments]01sub01font00z02font02sub00.02br
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02font02i00X, Y, Z=changes in living habits（one of the causes of allergies)02br
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00Is it really so??0-
  

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0Hi Taka,02br 02br 00My first read was the same as yours, but it's just not well written for parallelism, and an "and" is needed somewhere. 02br 02br 01i 01font 00changes in living habits 02font 01font 00-- an unbalanced diet with a large intake of instant foods, 01u 00consuming too much 02u 00milk and 01u 00too many 02u 00eggs, 01u 00and 02u 00daily living in air-conditioned or heated environments. 02font 02i 02br 02br 01font 00or02font 02br 02br 01i 01font 00changes in living habits -- an unbalanced diet with a large intake of instant foods, milk and eggs, 01u 00coupled with 02u 00daily living in air-conditioned or heated environments.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0Hi Taka,02br 02br 00My first read was the same as yours, but it's just not well written for parallelism, and an "and" is needed somewhere.
  • 02br 02br 01i 01font 00changes in living habits 02font 01font 00-- an unbalanced diet with a large intake of instant foods, 01u 00consuming too much 02u 00milk and 01u 00too many 02u 00eggs, 01u 00and 02u 00daily living in air-conditioned or heated environments.
  • 02font 02i 02br 02br 01font 00or02font 02br 02br 01i 01font 00changes in living habits -- an unbalanced diet with a large intake of instant foods, milk and eggs, 01u 00coupled with 02u 00daily living in air-conditioned or heated environments.
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0Hi Taka,02br
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00My first read was the same as yours, but it's just not well written for parallelism, and an "and" is needed somewhere. If the habits are 1) having an unbalanced diet, 2) drinking too much milks and eating too many eggs, and 3) this daily living, then what's the difference between a large intake and consuming too many/much of something?02br
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0 If it were written as such, I wouldn't be confused at all.02br
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00Thank you, GG!02br
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00(By the way, let me correct the typo in my previous comments: my books says→my book says) 0-
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0I never even noticed. That must because I make so many typos myself. 050010id1
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I never even noticed. That must 11font10be12font10because I make so many typos myself. 15012br
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10And it shows.051010id111id1
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