In this question, “, yet despite…. , blank” so will yet and despite(both contrasting words) cancel affect of contrast? And the first idea supports the second idea? Can someone please explain
The “yet” is breaking up the two parts of the sentence with a contrast:
[Modern agricultural practices have been extremely successful in increasing the productivity of major food crops], yet (-) [despite heavy use of pesticides, _________ losses to diseases and insect pests are sustained each year.]
The main ideas are:
- Part 1: agricultural practices have been extremely successful in increasing the productivity
- Part 2: _________ losses to diseases and insect pests are sustained each year
And these should contrast. Even though part 2 of the sentence has 2 ideas, the major one is about the losses.
The “despite”, further breaks down the second part of the sentence itself, contrasting between the two parts:
despite [heavy use of pesticides], [_________ losses to diseases and insect pests are sustained each year.]
[heavy use of pesticides] despite(-) [_________ losses to diseases and insect pests are sustained each year.]
The despite contrasts these two pieces of the second part:
- Piece 1: heavy use of pesticides
- Piece 2: _________ losses to diseases and insect pests are sustained each year
thank you for such detailed explanation, it helped a lot
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