Cooked vegetables lose nutrients.

Meaning: This means that cooking vegetables can make them lose some of their nutrients.

Choice of Words: Cooked means prepared by heating. Vegetables are the main topic of the story, and lose means to no longer have something that you had before. Nutrients are things that your body needs to stay healthy.

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When vegetables are cooked, they lose some of their nutrients.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first sentence, but it emphasizes that the loss of nutrients is caused by cooking the vegetables.

Choice of Words: The word "when" indicates that the action of cooking vegetables is the cause of the loss of nutrients. The word "some" indicates that not all of the nutrients are lost, but only some of them. The word "their" indicates that the nutrients belong to the vegetables.

Cooking vegetables can cause them to lose nutrients.

Meaning: This sentence means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it emphasizes that cooking vegetables is one possible cause of nutrient loss.

Choice of Words: The word "can" indicates that cooking vegetables is not the only thing that can cause them to lose nutrients, but it is one possible cause. The word "cause" indicates that cooking vegetables is the direct reason for the loss of nutrients.

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