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  • MrT0

    Please help my Monday-addled brain.
    Caps are just to highlight.

    Copy:

    "... protecting the Whananaki Estuary and THE surrounding ecosystem."

    Client change:

    "... protecting the Whananaki Estuary and ITS surrounding ecosystem."

    Client is wrong. Right?

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    • i think the client might be actually right. But English is not my mother language.oey
    • ta. I'm not sure, but it's Monday so I am probably wrong.MrT
    • the client is correct if they believe the estuary "possesses" the surrounding ecosystem, you are correct if you believe they are separate entities.robotron3k
    • thx it sounds like a style/preference thing. I'll be a good boy and do what I'm told.MrT
    • Neither are wrong, but the client's makes a stronger connection between the estuary and ecosystem.i_monk
    • ^OBBTKN
    • The copy reads better and makes more sense in context. It's a given that the ecosystem they are describing surrounds the estuary.face_melter
    • Both are correct and essentially mean the same thing. Client is wasting your time ;)yuekit
    • Client is right.monospaced
    • Save yourself the headache and just use their copyOP31
    • I'd change it into TITS. Because Monday.rabattski
    • LOLoey
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