How to make this sentence more correct in English?
Hi,
I would like to write this sentence:

"The countryside in Australia is very different from the countryside of France."

In this sentence, I repeat the word "countryside". I don't know if in English, this repetition is allowed or not. And I feel a native English speaker would express an other way. So how can I express more correctly?

Thanks for your answer.

Question

How to make this sentence more correct in English?
Hi,
I would like to write this sentence:

"The countryside in Australia is very different from the countryside of France."

In this sentence, I repeat the word "countryside". I don't know if in English, this repetition is allowed or not. And I feel a native English speaker would express an other way. So how can I express more correctly?

Thanks for your answer.

Answer

In this kind of situation, one can usually use "that" to avoid repetition.

"The countryside in Australia is very different from that of France".

That said, it makes me curious.  How would you say the same sentence in French?

Answer

Tony is correct. You can use the word "that" to refer to the last thing mentioned ie "countryside".

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