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Mbouti Posted 10 years ago
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Dear mebers

"The amount of packaging used is going down."

Could I exchange the position of "used" like the sentense below and Do they have exactly same meaning?

"The amount of used packaging is goind down."

Thanks

MT
  

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mbouti Could I exchange the position of "used" like the sentense below No; it is a different meaning; your first sentence presumably refers to new packaging, but your second sentences seems to refer to recyled packaging. In the first instance, I see no need for the modifier at all, and 'going down' is unclear and seems wrong to me. The amount of packaging is decreasing.

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  • mbouti Could I exchange the position of "used" like the sentense below No; it is a different meaning; your first sentence presumably refers to new packaging, but your second sentences seems to refer to recyled packaging.
  • In the first instance, I see no need for the modifier at all, and 'going down' is unclear and seems wrong to me.
  • The amount of packaging is decreasing.
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mboutiCould I exchange the position of "used" like the sentense below
No; it is a different meaning; your first sentence presumably refers to new packaging, but your second sentences seems to refer to recyled packaging.

In the first instance, I see no need for the modifier at all, and 'going down' is unclear and seems wrong to me.

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