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Snuppelina Posted 12 years ago
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Hi, in which way can I make this sentence sound better?
Is it ok that the verb is at the end of the sentence?
Within the 2001-2003 period, Latin America, whose universities support the studies of the resistance of nuclear materials, became a new research participant.
Thank you!
Is it ok that the verb is at the end of the sentence?
Within the 2001-2003 period, Latin America, whose universities support the studies of the resistance of nuclear materials, became a new research participant.
Thank you!
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From 2001 to 2003, Latin American universities supporting studies of the resistance of nuclear materials became new research participants.
- From 2001 to 2003, Latin American universities supporting studies of the resistance of nuclear materials became new research participants.
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From 2001 to 2003, Latin American universities supporting studies of the resistance of nuclear materials became new research participants.
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Thank you!
It's actually not the universities that became the members, but the country itself.
Would it be then correct to say:
From 2001 to 2003, Latin America, whose universities support studies of the resistance of nuclear materials, became a new research participant.
It's actually not the universities that became the members, but the country itself.
Would it be then correct to say:
From 2001 to 2003, Latin America, whose universities support studies of the resistance of nuclear materials, became a new research participant.
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I see. You are saying that all Latin American universities support such studies?
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Mister Micawber, I will provide more context. Scientific institutes usually have member states that participate in joint experiments. So I mean to say that Latin America became a new member of an institute (and stressing that the universities in Latin American support these studies). I don't mean to say that the universities themselves became the member states, rather a country, Latin America. I a
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Then I would do this; it is more reasonable:
From 2001 to 2003, Latin America, many of whose universities support studies on the resistance of nuclear materials, became a new research participant.
From 2001 to 2003, Latin America, many of whose universities support studies on the resistance of nuclear materials, became a new research participant.
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