On Tue, 19 May 2009 03:34:46 +0000 (UTC), Ray Davies
<nospam@mail.com> wrote:
>Read it on a bag of Chifles platain chips, it says:
>
>"The platain is a fruit that is imported from the same tropical countries
>as bananas"
>
>I don't know why exactly but this sentence makes my brain hurt everytime I
>read it, does anybody see anything weird with it? English in not my first
>language (third actually) so that might explain it.
The meaning is quite clear, but there seems to be something awkward
about the wording. If I wanted to convey the same meaning I
understand the sentence to have, I would probably say
"The plantain is a fruit. Plantains are imported from the same
tropical countries bananas are imported from,"
or
"The plantain is a fruit. Plantains and bananas are imported from the
same tropical countries,"
--
Egbert White
WAmE
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