[General] Sulphite

[Ashiuhto]

Is the sentence natural English?

Hui-Wen Zheng, the director of Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, “Sulphite in the disposable chopsticks may make the people who has a pant fall ill, so they should avoid using the disposable chopsticks.”

 

[Rover_KE]

Please remind us why you are asking us all these questions about disposable chopsticks.

 

[bhaisahab]

"people who has a pant" What does this mean?

 

[Raymott]

I'd make he same changes as in the Peroxide answer. Move the 'the'.
Hui-Wen Zheng, [STRIKE] the [/STRIKE]director of the Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, “Sulphite in the disposable chopsticks may make [STRIKE]the [/STRIKE]people who have respiratory problems fall ill, so they should avoid using the disposable chopsticks.”

 

[Ashiuhto]

I am doing a special topic report on disposable chopsticks. I'm not sure whether these sentences are natural English.

 

[Rover_KE]

What is the purpose of this 'special topic report'? Who will read it?

 

[Matthew Wai]

"people who has a pant" What does this mean?

It may mean 'people who are prone to pant', according to https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/211870-Health-and-Welfare?p=1090101#post1090101

Not a teacher.

 

[Ashiuhto]

I'm the leader of the group doing on this special topic report, so I have to synthesize useful information on the topic of disposable chopsticks methodically. My director will read the report.

 

[Barb_D]

Both of you should banish the phrase "has a pant" from your memory if you think it can be used to describe people with respiratory illness.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Both of you ...

Do you mean the OP and me? I am actually a person with respiratory illness but I never say 'I have a pant'.

Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Nobody should say "I have a pant" in English.

 

[Tdol]

avoid using the disposable chopsticks

I wouldn't use the here.

 

[lotus888]

Hui-Wen Zheng, director of the Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare said, "Sulfites in disposable chopsticks may cause people who have asthma to have asthmatic reactions. Though reactions are rare, asthmatic persons should avoid using disposable chopsticks."

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/sulfite_sensitivity/hic_sulfite_sensitivity.aspx



BTW, most disposable chopsticks are made of wood, not bamboo -- at least here in the U.S.



--lotus

 

[Matthew Wai]

people who have respiratory problems

people who have asthma

Do respiratory problems only refer to asthma?

 

[MikeNewYork]

No.