Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters

English answer:

new dredging is planned to be carried out in the reef’s waters

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-05-10 07:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
May 7, 2014 06:42
10 yrs ago
English term

dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters

Non-PRO English Science Journalism
The Hay Point coal terminal.
The impact of dredging and dumping sediment on the Great Barrier Reef has been far greater than the mining industry has claimed, with nearly 150m tonnes of new dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters, a study shows.

Discussion

Iberi (X) (asker) May 7, 2014:
Hello Tony. Yes,this construction.
Tony M May 7, 2014:
@ Asker Could you be a little more specific as to what you want to know? Is it merely the construction 'set to take place' that is giving you problems?

Responses

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32 mins
Selected

new dredging is planned to be carried out in the reef’s waters

:o)
Note from asker:
Thanks
Peer comment(s):

agree B D Finch
1 hr
Thank you very much!
agree writeaway : awkward English but gets the idea across.
2 hrs
:o)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
23 mins

new dredging will happen soon in the Reef

The impact of previous dredging was high, and now there is even a new dredging coming and this new dredging will add almost 150m tonnes of seabed to the problem.
Peer comment(s):

neutral B D Finch : "Set to take place" doesn't mean "soon".
1 hr
Of course you are right, I meant my answer as an example explanation, not an exact English to English translation.
neutral writeaway : dredging doesn't 'happen'.
2 hrs
OK, thanks.
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