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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
transitive verb
Although the practice of catching and selling them as stuffed tarsiers to tourists has been stopped, the species is still threatened by destroying of its natural forest habitat.
Q) I destroyed it. The verb destroy is followed by an object without a preposition insertion.
Why the underlined part is not like this "destorying its natural forest habitat"? If this structure can occur what's the difference between the two?
Q) I destroyed it. The verb destroy is followed by an object without a preposition insertion.
Why the underlined part is not like this "destorying its natural forest habitat"? If this structure can occur what's the difference between the two?
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The sentence is not correct. It should be this: Although the practice of catching and selling them as stuffed tarsiers to tourists has been stopped, the species is still threatened by destroying the destruction of its natural forest habitat.
- The sentence is not correct.
- It should be this: Although the practice of catching and selling them as stuffed tarsiers to tourists has been stopped, the species is still threatened by destroying the destruction of its natural forest habitat.
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The sentence is not correct. It should be this:
Although the practice of catching and selling them as stuffed tarsiers to tourists has been stopped, the species is still threatened by destroying the destruction of its natural forest habitat.
Although the practice of catching and selling them as stuffed tarsiers to tourists has been stopped, the species is still threatened by
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"threatened by destroying of its natural forest habitat" is incorrect. It should say "threatened by the destruction of its natural forest habitat".
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