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that is

English translation: isoflavone, a health care product.

08:56 Jun 24, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: that is
Context: The planned mainly industries for the zone: Grease processing, beverage additives, livestock and poultry raising, deep meat processing, and the manufacture of isoflavone that is a health care product.
Question: For the part:"isoflavone that is a health care product", can I write it just this way:isoflavone , a health care product.

TIA!!!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 13:29
Selected answer:isoflavone, a health care product.
Explanation:
Your version is correct.

...deep meat processing, and the manufacture of isoflavone, a health care product.

There is no cause for ambiguity here because of the comma before the and. Everything that comes after the comma and the "and" is one single item of the list, the last item. Therefore, no one will mistake "a health care product" as a separate item of the list.
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Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 10:59
Grading comment
Thank you all for kind help!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5isoflavone, a health care product.
Balasubramaniam L.
4 +1of healthcare product isoflavone
CMJ_Trans (X)
3isoflavone (a health care product)
Nesrin


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
of healthcare product isoflavone


Explanation:
what do you mean by "the planned mainly industries"? That is not right in English

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

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agree  Margaret Lagoyianni
1 hr
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isoflavone (a health care product)


Explanation:
"...isoflavone, a health care product" is fine too, I suppose, but putting "a health care product" between brackets would make it less ambiguous IMO.

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:29
Native speaker of: Arabic
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
isoflavone, a health care product.


Explanation:
Your version is correct.

...deep meat processing, and the manufacture of isoflavone, a health care product.

There is no cause for ambiguity here because of the comma before the and. Everything that comes after the comma and the "and" is one single item of the list, the last item. Therefore, no one will mistake "a health care product" as a separate item of the list.

Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thank you all for kind help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katherine Hodkinson
25 mins
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agree  Kurt Porter
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agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
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agree  Nick Lingris
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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