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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
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1. Which plant leaves are used as medicines?
Is the above sentence correct and convey the correct message?
Leaves of some plants are used as medicines. The question is about those plants.
1. Which plant leaves are used as medicines?
Is the above sentence correct and convey the correct message?
Leaves of some plants are used as medicines. The question is about those plants.
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" Otherwise, the answer COULD be: Leaves near the top of the plant. Leaves that have just grown on the plant. etc.
- " Otherwise, the answer COULD be: Leaves near the top of the plant.
- Leaves that have just grown on the plant.
- etc.
- But that tells you which leaves, not which plants.
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It's okay - but I would prefer "The leaves of which plants are used as medicines?"
Otherwise, the answer COULD be: Leaves near the top of the plant. Leaves that have just grown on the plant. etc. But that tells you which leaves, not which plants.
Otherwise, the answer COULD be: Leaves near the top of the plant. Leaves that have just grown on the plant. etc. But that tells you which leaves, not which plants.
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As Barbara has suggested, if the question is:
The leaves of which plants are used as medicines? then your answer should be something like
The leaves of the tulsi (basil) and the aloe vera are used as medicines. or
The leaves of some plants, like the tulsi and the
The leaves of which plants are used as medicines? then your answer should be something like
The leaves of the tulsi (basil) and the aloe vera are used as medicines. or
The leaves of some plants, like the tulsi and the
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