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[luciaC]

Are they correct sentences?
1. Some of Apple�s employees are Chinese and Indian.
2. There are two genders, male and female.
3. Being an engineer in the Bay area has a high economic status.
4. Many people said hurricane Katrina was associated with global warming effect.
5. The causes of the lung cancer are connected with smoking, and pressure.
6. The statistic reported that the lifespan of Japanese was longer than people from other countries.
7. The life expectancy for women is longer than men.
8. Let�s find out why he is always late.
9. When you talk about getting married, you have to consider your savings and how big your wedding can be.
10. There is a reality TV show called Fear Factors.
11. Scientists concluded that eating a variety of fruit and vegetables can help you to fight cancer.
12. There is a low survival chance jumping from high building when a fire happens.
13. The newspaper published the seriousness of the bird flu.
14. Taking airplanes may shorten the time of transportation.
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Mimi

[Bob S.]

[LucentShade]

# 5 delete "the" from "the lung cancer"

# 11 I agree that is should be fruits -- if not, it could be read as "...eating a variety of fruit || and vegetables..." Since "variety" should refer to "fruits and vegetables," keeping them both plural is best for consistency.

#12 If you want to avoid a phrasal verb, you can say "when a fire occurs."

#14 you can say "transportation time" instead of "the time of transportation."

[asterix]

1. Some of Apple�s employees are Chinese and Indian.

This is correct if some of them are of mixed Indian and Chinese parentage.
If you mean some of them are Indian, and some of them are Chinese, you should write:
1. Some of Apple�s employees are Chinese and some are Indian.

2. There are two sexes, male and female.
Gender is a grammatical term. There are three genders; masculine, feminine, and neuter.

3. An engineer in the Bay area has a high economic status. You don't need "being".

6. Statistically, the Japanese live longer than people from other countries.

14. Flying may be faster.