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gusthuber
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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:00 am Post subject: mouth |
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About diabetic childre:
There is distinctive smell of the breath from the child.
is this sentence correct English or is it unacceptable? |
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askeladd
Joined: 05 Jan 2010
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Location: Chicago area, USA
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:22 am Post subject: Re: mouth |
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| gusthuber wrote: |
About diabetic childre:
There is distinctive smell of the breath from the child.
is this sentence correct English or is it unacceptable? |
Not acceptable. Try this:
There is a distinctive smell to the child's breath.
or
The child's breath has a distinctive smell.
I think the second sentence is probably more natural sounding.
Hope this helps 
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