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[irmamar]

Railway construction itself was a voracious consumer of materials and labour

or

Railway construction was itself a voracious consumer of materials and labour.

:thinking:

Thanks. :)

[Perikles]

Railway construction itself was a voracious consumer of materials and labour

or

Railway construction was itself a voracious consumer of materials and labour.
Both are equally correct :)

[CrOtALiTo]

I'm going more for the second ones.

Railway construction itself a voracious consumer of materials and labour.

There's something I don't can understand, in the phrase takes a S, I have understanding that is used for the third person, but I don't know if the S should to goes in the labour words instead of materials.

Truly yours.

[irmamar]

Both are equally correct :)

Thanks. :)

I'm going more for the second ones.

Railway construction itself a voracious consumer of materials and labour.

There's something I don't can understand, in the phrase takes a S, I have understanding that is used for the third person, but I don't know if the S should to goes in the labour words instead of materials.

Truly yours.

The sentence can be translated as:

La misma construcción del ferrocarril era una voraz consumidora de materiales y mano de obra.

La "s" es el plural de materiales. En tu frase falta el verbo ("was"). :)

[CrOtALiTo]

Thanks. :)



The sentence can be translated as:

La misma construcción del ferrocarril era una voraz consumidora de materiales y mano de obra.

La "s" es el plural de materiales. En tu frase falta el verbo ("was"). :)

I got it.

You're it, I didn't place was only I placed A there.