Matter:
Rewilding means the mass restoration of damaged ecosystems. It involves letting trees return to places that have been denuded, allowing parts of the seabed to recover from trawling and dredging, permitting rivers to flow freely again.
Question:
I wonder what the functions of "allowing "and "permitting" are in the last sentence.
Could you tell me which one is correct?
(1) "allowing" and "permitting" is parallel to "letting "?
(2) It involved letting trees return to places that have been denuded and allowing ( the same function as "letting" ahead) part of the seabed to recover from trawling and dredging, thus permitting (as the consequence of "allowing … dredging") rivers to flow freely again.
(3) It involved letting trees return to places that have been denuded, thus allowing part of the seabed to recover trawling and dredging, thus permitting rivers….
Thật NguyễnIt involves letting trees return to places that have been denuded, allowing parts of the seabed to recover from trawling and dredging, permitting rivers to flow freely again.
That sentence is not grammatical. The writer lost control of the structure and forgot the essential conjunction.
It involves: (a list of items)
- letting trees return to places that have been denuded,
- allowing parts of the seabed to recover from trawling and dredging, and
- permitting rivers to flow freely again.
The participle in (2) "allowing" cannot be a reduced relative clause because trees do not grow on the seabed.
The participle in (3) "permitting" cannot be a reduced relative clauses because rivers do not flow over a seabed.
The only interpretation possible is that it is a series of 3 gerundial / participial clauses which are independent complements of the verb "involve".
Thank you for your assistance.
How about this one:
Matter:
At sea the potential is even greater: by protecting large areas from commercial fishing, we could once more see what 18th-century literature describes: vast shoals of fish being chased by fin and sperm whales, within sight of the English shore. This policy would also greatly boost catches in the surrounding seas; the fishing industry's insistence on scouring every inch of seabed, leaving no breeding reserves, could not be more damaging to its own interests.
17: Protecting large areas of the sea from commercial fishing would result in
A practical benefits for the fishing industry. (correct)
B some short-term losses to the fishing industry.
C widespread opposition from the fishing industry.
D certain changes to techniques within the fishing industry.
Question:
Can you help me determine which statements are correct? If not, why?
(1). As I read the info from Wikipedia: “ Large-scale commercial fishing is also known as industrial fishing.”. Hence, commercial fishing is the same as “Industrial fishing” and “fishing industry”.
(2). According to the above text, I understand that:
“ As the British want to protect large areas in their country from commercial fishing, so they do not hunt sea creatures on their shores. They hunt them extensively in other areas instead. This not only helps them enjoy breathtaking natural views from animals like “ vast groups of fish being chased by whales” on the English shores but also retain their business of earning an enormous profit from catching living sea creatures.”
So logically, I choose the correct answer is A: practical benefits for the fishing industry.”
Yes, that is logical.
I appreciate your taking the time. How about this?
Matter:
The lynx requires deep cover, and as such presents little risk to sheep and other livestock, which are supposed, as a condition of farm subsidies, to be kept out of the woods.
Question:
As the definition from Merriam-Webster, “intrinsically considered: in itself”, so is that right when I understand that” The lynx needs deep cover, and itself (the lynx) presents little risk to ship and other livestock ….
It is not native English to use the reflexive in that sentence.
The lynx needs deep cover, and so presents little risk to sheep.
Thank you so much. What about this?
Matter:
But ecosystems are not merely collections of species; they are also the dynamic and ever-shifting relationships between them.
Question:
Why does the writer use "ever-shifting" instead of "shifting"?
It adds drama and the idea of eternity.
"ever-shifting" is commonly collocated with "dunes." The wind sculpts the desert landscape, the alteration of the shapes and position of the dunes is continual, day after day, month after month and year after year. The dunes are never the same, but they never appear to be different.
Thank you so much.