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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
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I would like to know the difference between "1" and "2".

1. Chemicals which were harmful to the animal and plant life were dumped into the river.

2. Chemicals, harmful to the animal and plant life, were dumped into the river.
  

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Take the commas out of the second one. Then you'll have essentially the same sentence as the first. Also, considering this as an isolated sentence, the use of the with animal and plant life seems out of place.

  • Take the commas out of the second one.
  • Then you'll have essentially the same sentence as the first.
  • Also, considering this as an isolated sentence, the use of the with animal and plant life seems out of place.
  • I would remove that the .
  • CJ
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Take the commas out of the second one. Then you'll have essentially the same sentence as the first. Also, considering this as an isolated sentence, the use of the with animal and plant life seems out of place. I would remove that the.

CJ

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