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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Serve to

Hi.
Couldn't he omit 'serve to' in:
"...a connection between the amygdala and prefrontal cortical regions serves to aid in the suppression of negative emotion"
(from:http://focus.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?Volume=2&page=558&journalID=21 )?
  

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soheil1 Couldn't he omit 'serve to' Yes, but then aid must be changed to aids . a connection ... serves to aid in ...

  • soheil1 Couldn't he omit 'serve to' Yes, but then aid must be changed to aids .
  • a connection ...
  • serves to aid in ...
  • a connection ...
  • aids in ...
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soheil1Couldn't he omit 'serve to'
Yes, but then aid must be changed to aids.

... a connection ... serves to aid in ...
... a connection ... aids in ...

CJ

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