compond sentence

[iboon14]

Hi Teachers,

I have some problems to understand this sentence.

"Because of the negative effects that global climate changes threatens to cause, finding ways to reduce CO2 levels has become very important in both the scientific and policy worlds."

1) "to cause" seems to be needed an object. ???
2) I have to read over this sentence more than twice to really understand what it means. If I change the sentence to be; "Finding ways to reduce CO2 levels has become very important in both the scientific and policy worlds because global climate changes threatens to cause the negative effects", is it easier to understand and does it give the same meaning?

Thank you for your advice

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi Teachers,

I have some problems to understand this sentence.

"Because of the negative effects that global climate changes threatens to cause, finding ways to reduce CO2 levels has become very important in both the scientific and policy worlds."

1) "to cause" seems to be needed an object. ???
2) I have to read over this sentence more than twice to really understand what it means. If I change the sentence to be; "Finding ways to reduce CO2 levels has become very important in both the scientific and policy worlds because global climate changes threatens to cause the negative effects", is it easier to understand and does it give the same meaning?

Thank you for your advice

Where did you find that sentence. It contains several errors.

 

[iboon14]

Where did you find that sentence. It contains several errors.

http://www.mit.edu/~jfabi/papers/aircapture_review.pdf

 

[iboon14]

Where did you find that sentence. It contains several errors.

A literature review of CO 2 capture directly from ambient air

Joshua Fabian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

[Tdol]

In your version, delete the before negative effects. However, I don't see it as easier to read.

 

[5jj]

"Because of the negative effects that global climate changes threatens to cause, finding ways to reduce CO2 levels has become very important in both the scientific and policy worlds."

1) "to cause" seems to [STRIKE]be[/STRIKE] need[STRIKE]ed[/STRIKE] an object. [STRIKE]???[/STRIKE]

The object of 'threatens to cause' is 'that', referring back to 'the negative effects'. The verb should be 'threaten', not 'threatens - its subject is 'global climate changes'.

 

[iboon14]

In your version, delete the before negative effects. However, I don't see it as easier to read.

Why do we need to delete the before negative effects ? please advice.

I searched "to cause negative effects" in google and found 1,140,000 results but when I used "to cause the negative effects"; I found only 91,600 results.

What are the differences ? I know that "the" used in the specific situation but why can't I use in this sentence. and why a lot of people use "to cause negative effects" more than "to cause the negative effects".

 

[MikeNewYork]

I could live with "the" or could go without it. In this case, specific negative effects have been identified or alleged (depending on one's point of view). Because of that, "the" could be used.

 

[bigC]

The object of 'threatens to cause' is 'that', referring back to 'the negative effects'. The verb should be 'thraten', not 'threatens - its subject is 'global climate changes'.

I am not a teacher

Was "thraten" misspelt?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes, "thraten" is a typo.