Which of these sentences sound more natural and formal?
1- As for the main reason of the decline in the cedar population, the lecturers contradict each other.
2- As for the main reason of the decline in the population of the cedars, the lecturers contradict each other.
3- In terms of whether or not zebra mussels will be a threat to the coastal regions of the North America owing to their invasion to these regions, the lecturers contradict each other.
4- In terms of zebra mussels will be a threat to the coastal regions of the North America owing to their invasion to these regions, the lecturers contradict each other.
5- Whether or not zebra mussels will be a threat to the coastal regions of the North America owing to their invasion to these regions, the lecturers contradict each other.
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I think you should start with "The lecturers contradict each other" instead of the other way around... The way the clauses are reversed above makes the sentence rather difficult to understand. You could say something like, "The lecturers contradict one another when it comes to hypothesizing the main reason for the decline in the cedar population," for example. When possible, always try to eliminate multiple clauses to increase the ease of understanding for the reader.
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It's a little unreasonable to ask which of three awkward sentences is the best. None of the latter three are very natural. 1 is Ok. 3 is 'the best of of 3-5', but still not very good.
Why do you use the word 'lecturer'? Unless you are talking about a very unusual situation, it would be very strange to have two people that only report their findings in lectures, and have those findings contradict each other.
You should not have 'the' before 'North America', and you do not invade 'to' a region.
3- In terms of whether or not zebra mussels will be a threat to the coastal regions of North America owing to their invasion of these regions, researchers contradict each other.
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