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Re: Few other plants can grow beneath the canopy of the sycamore [#permalink]
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Few other plants can grow beneath the canopy of the sycamore tree, whose leaves and pods produce a natural herbicide that leaches into the surrounding soil,

Under this specific species of tree other plants cannot grow up because the same plant releases a substance that kills other plants


________ = preventing, inhibits, suppressing, avoiding, blocking, stopping

other plants that might compete for water and nutrients.

other plants to have water or other nutrient elements. ONLY and SOLELY The main tree can have or absorb.

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Re: Few other plants can grow beneath the canopy of the sycamore [#permalink]
Shouldn't the que then start from 'Only a few plants can grow....'
Rather it starts with 'Few other plants can grow ....' which could mean differently

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The sentence is perfectly fine

If you say ONLY at the very beginning you imply that a specific type and number of plant grow beneath

If you start with : few other plant you imply that beneath we do not know the exact number and species: could be two or five
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