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   Anton Shepelev to Alexander Koryagin   
   What did the boy do?   
   13 Nov 19 14:16:08   
   
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   If I may propose corrections to Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK> ‘hildren very often have a poor appetite.   
      
   Omit the article.   
      
   AK> Their  mothers  often  make  them  eat  their food.  The   
   AK> epidemic of excess weight is most likely connected  with   
   AK> genetic  changes  that happen during many years and even   
   AK> generations.   
      
   I think it is rather  due  to  indulgence  in  the  vice  of   
   gluttony.  And fast carbohydrates are the most palatable.   
      
   AK> I  believe  this change has been caused by the fact that   
   AK> very many people live in stress,  and  food  is  a  very   
   AK> effective antidepressant.   
      
   The ubiquotous "the fact that" is exceedingly cumbersome and   
   wont to appear whenever the author  has  given  insufficient   
   thought to arranging the sentence.  I avoid it at all costs,   
   together with  the  fused  participle,  e.g.  "due  to  many   
   people's living in constant stress."   
      
   AK> And people who refused to smoke now have a little choice   
   AK> in replacing it with something else. :)   
      
   And people who *have* ceased smoking now have  *but*  little   
   choice *of* replacements.   
      
   My   correctios  are  amentable  to  correction  from  other   
   readers!   
      
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