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The rice husk companies used as fuel
Local people had to endure the sight of black water flowing out from huge drainage pipes and inhale smoke from the rice husk companies used as fuel, Binh added.
Source: "Kien Giang tackles pollution at major fishing port", Viet Nam News.
I think there is a mistake here.
Shouldn't it be "inhale smoke from the companies (in which/where) rice husk is used as fuel"?
Thanks.
Source: "Kien Giang tackles pollution at major fishing port", Viet Nam News.
I think there is a mistake here.
Shouldn't it be "inhale smoke from the companies (in which/where) rice husk is used as fuel"?
Thanks.
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It means: ... inhale smoke from the rice husk that companies used as fuel .... I don't like to omit "that" in cases like this.
- It means: ...
- inhale smoke from the rice husk that companies used as fuel ....
- I don't like to omit "that" in cases like this.
- While it is not actually incorrect to do so, it just makes the phrase awkward and harder to read, in my opinion.
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It means:
... inhale smoke from the rice husk that companies used as fuel ....
I don't like to omit "that" in cases like this. While it is not actually incorrect to do so, it just makes the phrase awkward and harder to read, in my opinion.
... inhale smoke from the rice husk that companies used as fuel ....
I don't like to omit "that" in cases like this. While it is not actually incorrect to do so, it just makes the phrase awkward and harder to read, in my opinion.
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Well, I didn't recognize the omission.
It is much easier to understand with "that".
It is much easier to understand with "that".
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