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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
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, some of them are the result of past misuses of technology,
1) A deep mistrust of science and technology is expressed by many in our society today. Were it to prevail, this sense of suspicion and frustration could result not only in our failure to solve our present crises, some of them are the result of past misuses of technology, but also in our future inability to deal with problems we may not even be in position to predict.
2) A deep mistrust of science and technology is expressed by many in our society today. Were it to prevail, this sense of suspicion and frustration could result not only in our failure to solve our present crises, some of which are the result of past misuses of technology, but also in our future inability to deal with problems we may not even be in position to predict.
I'd like to know why the phrase in bold in #1 is wrong and the phrase in bold in #2 is right.
Thank you in advance for your help.
2) A deep mistrust of science and technology is expressed by many in our society today. Were it to prevail, this sense of suspicion and frustration could result not only in our failure to solve our present crises, some of which are the result of past misuses of technology, but also in our future inability to deal with problems we may not even be in position to predict.
I'd like to know why the phrase in bold in #1 is wrong and the phrase in bold in #2 is right.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon I'd like to know why the phrase in bold in #1 is wrong and the phrase in bold in #2 is right. The second is a properly formed relative clause; the first is an independent clause improperly creating a comma-splice error in the sentence.
- park sang joon I'd like to know why the phrase in bold in #1 is wrong and the phrase in bold in #2 is right.
- The second is a properly formed relative clause; the first is an independent clause improperly creating a comma-splice error in the sentence.
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park sang joonI'd like to know why the phrase in bold in #1 is wrong and the phrase in bold in #2 is right.The second is a properly formed relative clause; the first is an independent clause improperly creating a comma-splice error in the sentence.
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