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Old 20-Sep-2004, 06:05
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Originally Posted by Taka
Actually, wavered between #1 and #3.

If I had a substantial proof of:

(a) A topic sentence needs to end with a period (i.e a complete sentence).
(b) "It is easier to be "green" today than ever before" is logically not a restatement of "The foundation work has a very high profile,"

then #3 would be my first choice.
I believe the first two sentences (within the paragraph in question) support the last sentence (i.e., They answer the question, "Why is it easier to be "green" than ever before?" That is, we're dealing with an inductive order (i.e., Option #3). Check out this source . :D
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