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Are the sentences below correct?

1. Eating too much meat might cause us to be sick.
2. Eating too much meat might make us sick.
3. Eating more vegetables and fruits instead of meat which is unhealthful for our body. Because eating too much meat might cause us to be sick.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

contiluo1. Eating too much meat might cause us to be sick. 2. Eating too much meat might make us sick.

These are OK.

contiluo3. Eating more vegetables and fruits instead of meat which is unhealthful for our body. Because eating too much meat might cause us to be sick.

Not so good.

A which-clause is not part of a main clause so it must be discounted as part of the main clause.

Eating more vegetables and fruits instead of meat [which is unhealthful for our body].

That leaves you with the incomplete sentence below. It's a subject, but it has no predicate; you say nothing about it.

Eating more vegetables and fruits instead of meat. What about eating more vegetables and fruits?

And then you have a sentence that starts with "Because", though it should be a continuation of the previous sentence.

[Eating ...]_{Clause 1} because [...]_{Clause 2}

CJ

Contiluo · Answer

I rewrite #3 as follows:

Eat more vegetables and fruits instead of meat because eating too much meat might be harmful to our bodies and causes us to be sick.

CalifJim · Answer

contiluoEat more vegetables and fruits instead of meat because eating too much meat might be harmful to our bodies and causes us to be sick.

Good. I see you changed it to an imperative (a command).

CJ

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