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Because of their ability to be inflamed, marsh gas has often been mistaken for UFO.?? Because of their ability to be inflamed, marsh gas has often been mistaken for unidentified flying objects. How to correct the sentence?
Feb 19, 2016 3:39 AM
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Change "their" to "its" and the sentence will be grammatically correct. However, I have my doubts about the use of the word "inflamed" here. Do you want to say "its ability to catch fire/ignite?" Another word for this idea is "flammability." So, you could say this instead: "Because of its flammability, marsh gas has often been mistaken for unidentified flying objects."
February 19, 2016
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