Which expression would you likely use?
Half of the food necessary to feed everyone on this planet is discarded daily, while two out of ten people ( )
Which of these would you use? Are all of them considered natural enough?
1. can’t get enough food.
2. can’t get enough food to eat.
3. can’t get enough to eat.
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teacherJapan Which of these would you use? I don't like the original sentence. It sounds like we already feed everybody.
- teacherJapan Which of these would you use?
- I don't like the original sentence.
- It sounds like we already feed everybody.
- " That said, I would avoid repeating "food", not just to avoid repetition for its own sake, but because when we talk about people eating, we don't say "food" very often, for obvious reasons.
- I like choice 3 or even "can't get enough".
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teacherJapanWhich of these would you use?
I don't like the original sentence. It sounds like we already feed everybody. I might make it something like "Half the amount of food it would take to feed …."
That said, I would avoid repeating "food", not just to avoid repetition for its own sake, but because when we talk about people eating, we don't say "f
0If I had to choose, I'd choose 3, but that sentence is screaming at me to finish the sentence with what I think a great many native speakers would think of immediately, namely,
Half of the food necessary to feed everyone on this planet is discarded daily, while two out of ten people are starving.
CJ
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