Thread: "where a cause can be attributed."?
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Old 24-Apr-2008, 03:23
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Default Re: "where a cause can be attributed."?
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Originally Posted by japanjapan View Post
Dear teachers,
Please read the following sentence:
Hunting is thought to be responsible for more than one-quarter of all known extinctions where a cause can be attributed.

What does "where a cause can be attributed" mean?
Does it mean "...extinctions where reasons can be found"?
Are there extinctions where reasons have not been found by humans yet?

I am puzzled.
please help.

thanks a million.

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japanjapan
Yes, it does mean what you think it means.
There are many cases of species extinction to which no known cause can be attributed.
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