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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: block |
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1.Several years ago, public pressure blocked manufacturers from using MSG in baby foods.
2.A memory so terrible that she tried to block it out. |
I have two questions.
First, in the #1, 'blocked' doesn't seem to be correct because of 'from'.
So I think that 'stoped' or 'kept' is right rather than 'blocked'.
Would you tell me whether my opinion is wrong?
Second, in the #2, I wonder what #2 means. Can you paraphrase it for me?
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asterix
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In its sense of impeding or preventing something, block can be used here. You could also use, stopped or kept... from, as you suggest.
I would say that public pressure dissuaded manufacturers from using MSG is what actually happened. |
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