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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Why not omit the phrase 'close contact with the'?
I find the following sentence ungrammatical:
The disease can be transmitted through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other body fluids of infected humans and animals.
I wonder: How can a disease be transmitted through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other body fluids? Isn’t it that the writer should have omitted the phrase close contact with the to make her ideas clear and comprehensible?
The disease can be transmitted through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other body fluids of infected humans and animals.
I wonder: How can a disease be transmitted through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other body fluids? Isn’t it that the writer should have omitted the phrase close contact with the to make her ideas clear and comprehensible?
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Rommel Isn’t it that the writer should have omitted the phrase close contact with the to make her ideas clear and comprehensible? You are trying to over-simplify all of these sentences, Rommel. The author seems to be competent, and you should try to understand the importance of all phrases within an utterance.
- Rommel Isn’t it that the writer should have omitted the phrase close contact with the to make her ideas clear and comprehensible?
- You are trying to over-simplify all of these sentences, Rommel.
- The author seems to be competent, and you should try to understand the importance of all phrases within an utterance.
- The author wishes to reference the contact specifically.
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RommelIsn’t it that the writer should have omitted the phrase close contact with the to make her ideas clear and comprehensible?You are trying to over-simplify all of these sentences, Rommel. The author seems to be competent, and you should try to understand the importance of all phrases within an utterance.
The author wishes to reference the contac
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