[Grammar] Eating too much sugar leads to overweight, and it also damages the teeth.

[ambitious-girl]

Hi,

Are all of these sentences OK?

Eating too much sugar leads to overweight, and it also damages the teeth.
Eating too much sugar leads to overweight, and also it damages the teeth.
Eating too much sugar leads to overweight. Also, it damages the teeth.

 

[ambitious-girl]

Could you please check these sentences? (Recently, this post was deleted)

Eating too much sugar leads to overweight, and it also damages the teeth.

Eating too much sugar leads to overweight. Also it damages the teeth.


Eating too much sugar leads to overweight, and also it damages the teeth.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Overweight" is an adjective so you can't use "leads to overweight".

Eating too much sugar leads to excess weight.
Eating too much sugar leads to a person being overweight.

Don't use "and" and "also" in the first/third sentences. It's tautologous.
If you go with the second construction, put a comma after "Also".

 

[ambitious-girl]

"Overweight" is an adjective so you can't use "leads to overweight".

Thanks. But in the link below it considered as "noun" too.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overweight

Don't use "and" and "also" in the first/third sentences. It's tautologous.
If you go with the second construction, put a comma after "Also".

Sure. Thanks teacher. However, the following was written in my book "IELTS Language Practice":

Eating too much sugar leads to overweight, and also damages the teeth.

 

[Skrej]

Thanks. But in the link below it considered as "noun" too.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overweight

I wasn't even aware it could be a noun. I've never heard it used as such, and I don't think you should use it as one. I'm very surprised at this.

Sure. Thanks teacher. However, the following was written in my book "IELTS Language Practice":

Eating too much sugar leads to overweight, and also damages the teeth.

Sorry, but your book has an error in it.

Edit #2 I guess according to the dictionary, it could be correct, but it still sounds wrong.

 

[ambitious-girl]

Sorry, but your book has an error in it.

It is so disappointing that almost all of our resources on grammar, vocabulary and IELTS are unreliable.

 

[ambitious-girl]

In this case your sarcasm is justifiable.

What does this mean?

 

[Raymott]

In all my years in medicine, I never used 'overweight' as a noun. It sounds strange.
I'd say "leads to being overweight."