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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
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Please tell me whether this is OK.
The two factors that cause considerable amount of wear to the vehicle are driving at high speed and carrying excess load.
Please tell me whether this is OK.
The two factors that cause considerable amount of wear to the vehicle are driving at high speed and carrying excess load.
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add AND TEAR after WEAR. Then, it would be correct
- add AND TEAR after WEAR.
- Then, it would be correct
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The two factors that cause considerable amount of wear to the vehicle are driving at high speed and carrying excess load.Ok, your sentence is grammatical but not very idiomatic. The more natural version would be: Driving at high speed and carrying heavy loads are the two major factors causing the most tear and wear to the vehicles on the road....
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I think that the idiomatic expression is "wear and tear", not "tear and wear."
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I definitely agree with John. 'Wear and tear' is a standard expression and I would not consider changing it.
Prajwal
I definitely agree with John. 'Wear and tear' is a standard expression and I would not consider changing it.
Prajwal
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