It is not an easy task for poverty to be reduced or eliminated.
2007-11-11 17:26:45 · 23 answers · asked by fabulous4life 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
There are four things wrong. Is the assignment to fix grammar or make bad writing into good writing?
To fix the grammar, the verb tenses need to agree:
It is not an easy task to reduce or eliminate poverty.
or
To reduce or eliminate poverty is not an easy task.
To fix the deadly style, get rid of the weak infinitive, get rid of the weak word "task", and get rid of the useless negative, which just slows down the reader:
Reducing or eliminating poverty is difficult.
2007-11-11 17:49:47 · answer #1 · answered by Houyhnhnm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's not quite right. It would be better if it said something like, "Reducing poverty is not an easy task." It's more effective if the topic at hand is at the beginning of the sentence.
It's also not very concise. Furthermore, saying both "reducing" and "eliminating" in that context is superfluous. If you say that reducing poverty isn't an easy task, it's inferred that eliminating poverty would also be difficult.
2007-11-11 17:35:25 · answer #2 · answered by Alexandra 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sentence has correct grammar and punctuation. However, it can be improved.
The sentence is in passive voice instead of active voice. Therefore you could say "poverty reduction or elimination is not an easy task" or "reducing or eliminating poverty is not an easy task."
2007-11-11 17:42:02 · answer #3 · answered by sp0spo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it should read: It is not an easy task to reduce or eliminate poverty.
Task is a noun and the way "for" is used is incorrect. It just sounds wrong. I don't know the rule being violated, but it just doesn't sound right. Good luck.
2007-11-11 17:33:29 · answer #4 · answered by Paulus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not an easy task to reduce or eliminate poverty.
2007-11-11 17:29:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only other way would be,
For poverty to be reduced or eliminated, it would not be an easy task
2007-11-11 17:31:06 · answer #6 · answered by Call me-C-4-Curious- 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Better: it is not an easy task to reduce or eliminate poverty.
2007-11-11 17:29:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmm...the better way to put that sentence is "It is not an easy task to reduce or eliminate poverty"
2007-11-11 17:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by Kylie S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the task is refered to the poverty...
in my eyes the sentence says that the poverty has a task...
id say...
it is not an easy task TO reduce or eliminate poverty
2007-11-11 17:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by Marcus Paul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
better: To reduce or eliminate poverty would not be an easy task.
2007-11-11 17:31:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋