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chinagary
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 Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: Is this sentence grammatically correct? |
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Dear Sir or Madam,
I recently read an article about environment called "Extreme weather: is global warming to blame?"(Science and Technology > Environmental issues > E > May 1, 2005). There is a sentence I do not understand the structure. "The current droughts in the western states are reinforced by shorter winters, result a possible of climate change." What's the function of "result a possible of climate change" and what 's the meaning of it?
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dragn
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| "The current droughts in the western states are reinforced by shorter winters, result a possible of climate change." What's the function of "result a possible of climate change" and what 's the meaning of it? |
Trust me on this one. It's a typo. The sentence should read "The current droughts in the western states are reinforced by shorter winters, a possible result of climate change.
Writers are human and occasionally make mistakes: some that spell-checkers can catch and some they can't. 
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