enkidu  +  827872 Mon, 20 Jul 09 06:49 PM In 2001, about 50,000 acres, 13.52% of the total area of Dakota County, were urbanized/developed land converted from land cover types other than developed land since 1992.  is this sentence correct or has some missing words in it? enkidu Joined on Sun, Sep 21 2008 Junior Member 86 English Grammar, Sentences

	Mr Wordy  +  827896 Mon, 20 Jul 09 09:15 PM It looks OK to me, but I'd tend to say "was" rather than "were". (Another very picky point is that 13.52% seems like unwarranted precision compared to "about 50,000".) Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker Sentences

	enkidu  +  827917 Mon, 20 Jul 09 09:55 PM can you write the same sentence with different words? More simplified?     thank you so much. enkidu Sentences

	Mr Wordy  +  827979 Mon, 20 Jul 09 10:50 PM Between 1992 and 2001, about 50,000 acres of undeveloped land in Dakota County (i.e. land previously without buildings or roads) was urbanized or developed (i.e. buildings or roads were constructed on it). This amounts to 13.52% of the total area of Dakota County. Mr Wordy Sentences