Global warming is a serious concern that has both human and natural causes with devasting effects, but it can be prevented with changes to human activity.
2007-03-22 08:22:33 · 23 answers · asked by meg06 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Sounds run-on to me. I'd break it in two: "Global warming is a serious concern that has both human and natural causes, with devastating effects; but it can be prevented with changes [in] human activity."
Actually "prevented" is too strong a word, since we cannot control the natural causes; I'd use "minimized," maybe, or "reduced."
2007-03-22 08:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than the spelling error already pointed out, the sentence is fine. With both human and natural causes and devastating effects, global warming is a serious concern that can be prevented with changes to human activity. Is another way and takes out the passive voice of the two sentence approach.
2007-03-22 15:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by ar5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a pretty good sentence.
To clarify and make it easier to read, I would reword the first part as I've done below. The only other thing I would do would be to take out the "it" leaving you with:
Global warming is a serious concern that is caused by both human and natural events with devastating effects, but can be prevented with changes to human activity.
2007-03-22 15:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by Enchanted 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Splitting in two is a better option. Incase you dont want to do that -
Global warming , a serious concern that has both human and natural causes , has devasting effects - but it can be prevented with changes to human activity.
2007-03-22 15:33:10 · answer #4 · answered by con_cer_earned 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest splitting it into 2 sentences.
Global warming is a serious concern that has both human and natural causes. It has devasting effects, but it can be prevented with changes to human activity.
2007-03-22 15:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. It doesn't sound right to me. Here's my revision:
Global warming, which is caused by both humans and nature, is a serious concern. It has devastating effects but its damaging effects can be avoided by making necessary changes in the human activity.
Hope it helps.
2007-03-22 15:51:55 · answer #6 · answered by gamma_wave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually... you incorrectly spelled devastating.
Global warming is a serious concern that has both human and natural causes with devastating effects, but it can be prevented with changes to human activity.
other than that, it sounds great to me!
2007-03-22 15:28:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If humans do really care about the future of Earth, that is. If not, animals will die, trees too. And the risk of global warming gets higher.
2007-03-22 17:53:11 · answer #8 · answered by Jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first part doesnt sound right.......and natural causes with devastating effects.this part sounds weird.maybe u should break the sentence in two.
2007-03-26 14:43:28 · answer #9 · answered by suvs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah
2007-03-22 15:31:38 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋