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Wholegrain Posted 17 years ago
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What does this sentence mean? (VERY HARD QUESTION)
May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes
Does it mean "May reduce the risk of having both a metabolic syndrome and any type of diabetes and reduce the risk of having an undefined number of symptoms seen both in a metabolic syndrome and all types of diabete?"
The sentence is rather vague and seem to be incorrect.
Does it mean "May reduce the risk of having both a metabolic syndrome and any type of diabetes and reduce the risk of having an undefined number of symptoms seen both in a metabolic syndrome and all types of diabete?"
The sentence is rather vague and seem to be incorrect.
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Improved for readability May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Reduce the onset risk of any of the two diseases and reduce the symptoms present in both diseases? and is used both as an "exclusive and" and an "inclusive and", which makes the sentence a poor one, agree or not?
- Improved for readability May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
- Reduce the onset risk of any of the two diseases and reduce the symptoms present in both diseases?
- and is used both as an "exclusive and" and an "inclusive and", which makes the sentence a poor one, agree or not?
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Improved for readability
May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
Reduce the onset risk of any of the two diseases and reduce the symptoms present in both diseases?
and is used both as an "exclusive and" and an "inclusive and", which makes the sentence a poor one, agree or not?
May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
Reduce the onset risk of any of the two diseases and reduce the symptoms present in both diseases?
and is used both as an "exclusive and" and an "inclusive and", which makes the sentence a poor one, agree or not?
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Hi,
May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes
Does it mean "May reduce the risk of having both a metabolic syndrome and any type of diabetes and reduce the risk of having an undefined number of symptoms seen both in a metabolic syndrome and all types of diabete?"
The sentence is rather vague and seem to be incorrect.
I agree that it
May reduce onset risk or symptoms of metabolic syndrome and diabetes
Does it mean "May reduce the risk of having both a metabolic syndrome and any type of diabetes and reduce the risk of having an undefined number of symptoms seen both in a metabolic syndrome and all types of diabete?"
The sentence is rather vague and seem to be incorrect.
I agree that it
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Ok, it is different, then truly the sentence is ambiguous because I had several interpretations until now.
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