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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Granted, sustainability would not be achieved if only one, two, or three systems were sustainable, but could be if a vast proportion of known systems were to the extent that the evidence of sustainability was found in governmental data.

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Granted, sustainability would not be achieved if only one, two, or three systems were sustainable, but could be if a vast proportion of known systems were to the extent that the evidence of sustainability was to be found in governmental data.
  

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Both are too convoluted. I am unsure what you mean, as the two sentences seem to say something different. — Granted, sustainability would not be achieved if only one, two, or three systems were sustainable, but could be if most known systems were sustainable according to governmental data.

  • Both are too convoluted.
  • I am unsure what you mean, as the two sentences seem to say something different.
  • — Granted, sustainability would not be achieved if only one, two, or three systems were sustainable, but could be if most known systems were sustainable according to governmental data.
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Both are too convoluted. I am unsure what you mean, as the two sentences seem to say something different. Is it this?—

Granted, sustainability would not be achieved if only one, two, or three systems were sustainable, but could be if most known systems were sustainable according to governmental data.

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