Using participles in a row
It turns out that the kidneys compensate for the extra workload by increasing in size causing the calyces and renal pelvis to dilate - resulting in physiologic hydronephrosis, and increasing the size of the ureters, causing physiologic hydroureter.
I just saw this sentence in a video-lesson. Is this sentence grammatically correct? It kind of looks weird to me since it has too much participles in a row.
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It's OK, if perhaps not ideal, except I'd use commas and remove one: It turns out that the kidneys compensate for the extra workload by increasing in size, causing the calyces and renal pelvis to dilate, resulting in physiologic hydronephrosis and increasing the size of the ureters, causing physiologic hydroureter. A "which causes" or two wouldn't hurt anything.
- It's OK, if perhaps not ideal, except I'd use commas and remove one: It turns out that the kidneys compensate for the extra workload by increasing in size, causing the calyces and renal pelvis to dilate, resulting in physiologic hydronephrosis and increasing the size of the ureters, causing physiologic hydroureter.
- A "which causes" or two wouldn't hurt anything.
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It's OK, if perhaps not ideal, except I'd use commas and remove one:
It turns out that the kidneys compensate for the extra workload by increasing in size, causing the calyces and renal pelvis to dilate, resulting in physiologic hydronephrosis and increasing the size of the ureters, causing physiologic hydroureter.
A "which causes" or two wouldn't hurt anything.
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