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Tanit Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

spatial planning2

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01font00This is a very long sentence, meant to be formal (it's part of a scientific article). I'm not sure about the length and about the underlined part. Any ideas?02font02br
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01i00XYZ02i00 should be user friendly, communicative, and flexible 01i00(SOURCE1)02i00, in order to provide all the stakeholders (not only planners and decision makers) with relevant information, and with interactive, integrative and participatory procedures 01i00(SOURCE2)02i00, 01u00the main aim being that of 02u00facilitating discussion and participation about strategic spatial decisions01i00 (SOURCE3),02i00 which would enormously benefit from collaboration and participation of people with different interests, aims, and knowledge 01i00(SOURCE4).02i0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00If you want this sentence to be 'reader-friendly', my advice is to break it up into two or more sentences. That way, you won't need to worry about the underlined part. You can just rewrite it, eg01font 00 The main aim is to .

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00If you want this sentence to be 'reader-friendly', my advice is to break it up into two or more sentences.
  • That way, you won't need to worry about the underlined part.
  • You can just rewrite it, eg01font 00 The main aim is to .
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  • 02font 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive.
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0Hi,02br
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0Thanks, Clive!02br
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