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Is this sentence correct:
"This would not be a good place to set a cabin,, because when the flow rate is too voluminous, it will flood the river bank."
Note: By 'flow rate', I mean the amount of water that flows in a river at a given time.
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Christine Christie This would not be a good place to set a cabin That is just barely possible, but there would have to be a good reason to oust the natural "build" and replace it with "set". Christine Christie because when the flow rate is too voluminous It sounds like you took a vocabulary pill. The layman has to try to divine what the flow rate of a river is and will almost surely get it wrong.
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Christine ChristieThis would not be a good place to set a cabin
That is just barely possible, but there would have to be a good reason to oust the natural "build" and replace it with "set".
Christine Christiebecause when the flow rate is too voluminous
It sounds like you took a vocabulary pill. The layman has to tr
0Christine ChristieIs this sentence correct
It doesn't really work very well. Try something like this:
This isn't a good place to build a cabin because it's too close to the river. You never know when the river might overflow its banks and flood the area.
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