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Jamesiha Posted 13 years ago
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Which is a correct sentence?
a) The collapse of farmlands is as much a matter of human mismanagement as of drought.
b) The collapse of farmlands is as many a matter of human mismanagement as of drought.
I thought b) is right. because 'a matter' is countable.
The collapse of farmlands is a matter of human mismanagement as many as (a matter) of drought.
What do you think?
b) The collapse of farmlands is as many a matter of human mismanagement as of drought.
I thought b) is right. because 'a matter' is countable.
The collapse of farmlands is a matter of human mismanagement as many as (a matter) of drought.
What do you think?
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Jamesiha a) The collapse of farmlands is as much a matter of human mismanagement as of drought. That is correct. It has nothing to do with countability.
- Jamesiha a) The collapse of farmlands is as much a matter of human mismanagement as of drought.
- That is correct.
- It has nothing to do with countability.
- 'Many' is not possible in that fixed structure.
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Jamesihaa) The collapse of farmlands is as much a matter of human mismanagement as of drought.That is correct. It has nothing to do with countability. 'Many' is not possible in that fixed structure.
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