Plowing reduces the hard of the upper

[Freeguy]

What's wrong with this text?

Plowing reduces the hard of the upper 6 to 16 inches of the earth's crust and allows air movement into the gaps between soil particles.
( Isn't the bold part redundant?)


Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

It looks to me as if "hard" should be "hardness".

 

[Tdol]

( Isn't the bold part redundant?)

Yes, or you could change hard to hardness, which would make a better sentence. It reads a bit strangely to me.

 

[bhaisahab]

"Plowing breaks up the hard, upper 6 to 16 inches of the earth's crust and allows the movement of air between the soil particles. "
That's a good sentence which has the added advantage of being factually accurate.

 

[Raymott]

What's wrong with this text?

Plowing reduces the hard of the upper 6 to 16 inches of the earth's crust and allows air movement into the gaps between soil particles.
( Isn't the bold part redundant?)


Thanks.

No, 'redundant' isn't the right word, as has been demonstrated. Redundancies are possible; they aren't ungrammatical. They just add something unnecessary. But all the bold part does here is make the sentence incorrect.