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Kumenglish Posted 4 years ago
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It is heavy flooding affected many areas.

It is heavy flooding that affected many areas. / It is flooding that affected heavily many areas.

Please check them.

Is "heavy" fine here?

Would "terrible" adjective be suitable for flooding?

  

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Why are you using "it is"? Are you trying to distinguish a particular cause/factor? If there is no reason for it, just say: "Heavy flooding affected many areas".

  • Why are you using "it is"?
  • Are you trying to distinguish a particular cause/factor?
  • If there is no reason for it, just say: "Heavy flooding affected many areas".
  • Also, consider using the present perfect "has affected" if it is still relevant.
  • kumenglish Is "heavy" fine OK here?
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Why are you using "it is"? Are you trying to distinguish a particular cause/factor? If there is no reason for it, just say: "Heavy flooding affected many areas". Also, consider using the present perfect "has affected" if it is still relevant.

kumenglishIs "heavy" fine OK here?

Yes, it is, but we do

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