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Azriel wrote:
hello I have a question

my teacher says this is a grammar mistake but I disagree

"This plastic diet has reached an almost feeding frenzy that it has driven the species to the brink of extinction."
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:16
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Evey wrote:
what is the correct way of writing it according to your teacher? 
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:19
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Azriel wrote:
Saintal wrote:
what is the correct way of writing it according to your teacher? 
without the "it" 
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:20
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Dwaal wrote:
I'm no English student (anymore) but I must say I agree with your teacher, the it should either not be there or the sentence should have been written longer to make sense 
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:21
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Azriel wrote:
Dwaal wrote:
I'm no English student (anymore) but I must say I agree with your teacher, the it should either not be there or the sentence should have been written longer to make sense 
mmm m m maybe bc there is no "such" in it 
like
"it was such a stupid mistake that it fucked up the whole project" then it would work
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:23
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thecellabration wrote:
i haven't studied english since i was 17 (so 5 years) but i do agree with your teacher the it shouldn't be there
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thecellabration wrote:
according to your profile you're from the netherlands and idk dutch so idk how that works but if you directly translated that sentence to my native language (swedish) it sounds good like. the it could be there. but not in english. so i guess maybe it would be the same in your language?
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:25 | Times changed: 1
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Azriel wrote:
thecellabration wrote:
according to your profile you're from the netherlands and idk dutch so idk how that works but if you directly translated that sentence to my native language (swedish) it sounds good like. the it could be there. but not in english. so i guess maybe it would be the same in your language?
yeah but idk if I linked it to dutch 
bc I feel like I've heard similar sentences in english before
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:27
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ouch wrote:
He right 
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:28
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ouch wrote:
The it makes no sense 
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:29
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Laboratory wrote:
I mean the 'that' already refers to it ig no?+ so the it feels redundant
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:31
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Laboratory wrote:
not native tho so don't listen to me,, just thinking out loud
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:32
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Azriel wrote:
Laboratory wrote:
I mean the 'that' already refers to it ig no?+ so the it feels redundant
I knooo thats what the teacher said as well but idk
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:34
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ouch wrote:
I would feel its more natural w it if the first word is the instead of this but idk, it makes no sense as it is now at least
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ouch wrote:
ouch wrote:
I would feel its more natural w it if the first word is the instead of this but idk, it makes no sense as it is now at least
Don't do that tho cus "the....it..." Is a worse sentence than "this....." Tho both seem a bit like stodgy but it might just b the it 
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Date: 23-02-2021 11:35
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autism wrote:
no it
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