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Sentence #181888

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 blay_paul blay_paul June 18, 2010 June 18, 2010 at 9:51:58 PM UTC link Permalink

Any comments on the meaning of this sentence?

qahwa qahwa June 20, 2010 June 20, 2010 at 10:19:07 AM UTC link Permalink

I think it should be added 地球は.
非常に残念なことに、地球は１秒で１９００平方メートルが砂漠化している。

blay_paul blay_paul June 20, 2010 June 20, 2010 at 10:38:28 AM UTC link Permalink

Do you think it's "in a second" or "per second"?

qahwa qahwa June 20, 2010 June 20, 2010 at 10:58:57 AM UTC link Permalink

I think "per second".
１秒間に　or １秒につき are also OK.

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非常に残念なことに一秒で1900平方メートルが砂漠化している。

added by sugisaki, May 11, 2008
➜ #373220Very regrettably, 1,900 square meters of land become desert every second.

linked by kotobaboke, March 21, 2010
非常に残念なことに地球は一秒で1900平方メートルが砂漠化している。

edited by blay_paul, August 22, 2010
➜ #537278Il est très regrettable que le désert s'agrandisse de 1900 mètres carrés chaque seconde.

linked by nekouma, September 28, 2010