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A significant amount of water is used for agriculture in Central Asia, Africa, and South East Asia, with 88, 84, and 81 percent of total water usage respectively, while North America’s agriculture consumes almost half as much water (39%) as the other three areas mentioned earlier. Also, Europeans consume the least amount of water for agricultural purposes.
1. Is the sentence above grammatically correct?
2. Which of the following sentences is correct or which one sound better? "Agriculture in North America consumes almost half as much water (39%) as that in those areas mentioned earlier." or "North America’s agriculture consumes almost half as much water (39%) as the other three areas mentioned earlier."?
1. Is the sentence above grammatically correct?
2. Which of the following sentences is correct or which one sound better? "Agriculture in North America consumes almost half as much water (39%) as that in those areas mentioned earlier." or "North America’s agriculture consumes almost half as much water (39%) as the other three areas mentioned earlier."?