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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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0 The pineapple is an example of a 05 1 00 : multiple, spirally-arranged flowers along the axis 01 i 01 b 00 each produce 02 b 02 i 00 a fleshy fruit that becomes pressed against the fruits of adjacent flowers, forming what appears to be a single fleshy fruit. 02 br
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00 Should the bolded phrase be corrected as ". Each produces"? 02 br
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00 Also, what does "the axis" refer to in this passage? (It is not mentioned before) Here's the link if it helps 02 br
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00 Thanks! 0240href http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple241href http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_fruitc multiple fruit
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00 Should the bolded phrase be corrected as ". Each produces"? 02 br
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00 Also, what does "the axis" refer to in this passage? (It is not mentioned before) Here's the link if it helps 02 br
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00 Thanks! 0240href http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple241href http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_fruitc multiple fruit
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0 Hello. 02 br
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00 "The pineapple is an example of a multiple fruit: multiple, spirally-arranged flowers along the axis each produce a fleshy fruit that..." 02 br
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00 It's just that " 01 b 00 the flowers each 02 b 00 " produce a fleshy fruit. 0-
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00 "The pineapple is an example of a multiple fruit: multiple, spirally-arranged flowers along the axis each produce a fleshy fruit that..." 02 br
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00 It's just that " 01 b 00 the flowers each 02 b 00 " produce a fleshy fruit. 0-
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0 Hello. 02 br
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00 The Oxford Dictionary says: 02 br
00 When 01 b 00 each 02 b 00 is used after a plural subject, it has a plural verb: 01 i 01 u 00 They each 02 u 00 have their own email address. 02 i 02 br
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00 " 01 u 00 They each 02 u 00 " could be replaced with "Each of them." 0-
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00 The Oxford Dictionary says: 02 br
00 When 01 b 00 each 02 b 00 is used after a plural subject, it has a plural verb: 01 i 01 u 00 They each 02 u 00 have their own email address. 02 i 02 br
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00 " 01 u 00 They each 02 u 00 " could be replaced with "Each of them." 0-
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0 Thank you Takoyaki! That's really helpful. Any idea about the axis? 0-
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0 New2grammar, 02 br
00 My pleasure. 02 br
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00 I just left out "along the axis" to get to the point. 0-
00 My pleasure. 02 br
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00 I just left out "along the axis" to get to the point. 0-
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0 New2grammar, 02 br
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00 A flower along the axis is one that has risen up vertically, I think. 0-
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00 A flower along the axis is one that has risen up vertically, I think. 0-
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0 You are saying the axis refers to a flower that's perpendicular to the ground. I'm afraid I can't picture that fruit. Which flower would that be? If all the flowers are all perpendicular to the ground, I don't see how they can form a cylindrical shaped fruit, instead they will form a plane over the ground, a plank-shaped pineapple, which would be a really expensive pineapple. I've seen a square
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