common symptoms of stomach flu

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skamal7: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 2; Joined: Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:11 pm

by skamal7 » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:15 am

I wanted to know what is the difference in the two sentences
common symptoms of stomach flu are indigestion,vomitting and drinking less water than usual--wrong
common symptoms of stomach flu are indigestion,vomitting and decreased water intake--- correct

Please can someone shed light on these two examples why first one is wrong and second one is right

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by faraz_jeddah » Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:35 am

skamal7 wrote:I wanted to know what is the difference in the two sentences
common symptoms of stomach flu are indigestion,vomitting and drinking less water than usual--wrong
common symptoms of stomach flu are indigestion,vomitting and decreased water intake--- correct

Please can someone shed light on these two examples why first one is wrong and second one is right

Can you post the whole question?

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by melguy » Sat Jun 29, 2013 4:37 am

skamal7 wrote:I wanted to know what is the difference in the two sentences
common symptoms of stomach flu are indigestion,vomitting and drinking less water than usual--wrong
common symptoms of stomach flu are indigestion,vomitting and decreased water intake--- correct

Please can someone shed light on these two examples why first one is wrong and second one is right

Standard noun > the noun + ing > noun + ing
Study > the studying > studying

** > means better than not greater than in the above sentences

**

In this case standard noun is available to us hence is preferred.

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