Timeline for Is there a verb form of "Extinct"?
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| Sep 21, 2019 at 8:03 | comment | added | Rosie F | I would prefer to make it clear whether or not you assert that the human activity was in the last 5 years. (Clearly the extinctions were that recent, but are you counting recent extinctions caused by activity from longer ago?) If you are, then "At least x species have accidentally been made extinct by human activity in the past 5 years"; if not, then "In the past 5 years, at least x species have accidentally been made extinct by human activity". Or "...accidentally become extinct because of...". | |
| Jun 22, 2015 at 5:39 | history | edited | RemarkLima | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2015 at 23:35 | comment | added | anon | I would write something more like "have unintentionally/accidentally been made extinct by humans..." | |
| Jun 21, 2015 at 21:49 | comment | added | trysis | That looks unusual anyway. Correct, but still unusual. | |
| S Jun 21, 2015 at 20:30 | history | suggested | Andreas Rejbrand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
fixed incorrect use of semicolon -- on this site, I think it is important
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| Jun 20, 2015 at 10:35 | history | edited | RemarkLima | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited to rephrase
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| Jun 20, 2015 at 9:03 | comment | added | Brian Hitchcock | "accidentally made extinct"? | |
| Jun 20, 2015 at 7:18 | comment | added | James Webster | This is one of the only answers that actually reads the question properly. I didn't want just a list of words that fit the gap, and "no, there isn't" is a perfectly valid answer. | |
| Jun 20, 2015 at 7:18 | vote | accept | James Webster | ||
| Jun 20, 2015 at 6:14 | history | answered | RemarkLima | CC BY-SA 3.0 |