Eggs hatch into chicks.

Meaning: This means that baby birds come out of their eggs.

Choice of Words: Eggs are the hard-shelled objects that birds lay and from which baby birds hatch. Hatch means to come out of an egg. Chicks are young birds that have recently hatched from eggs.

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The eggs of birds hatch into chicks.

Meaning: This means that baby birds come out of eggs that were laid by birds.

Choice of Words: Eggs are oval-shaped objects that contain the embryo of a bird. Hatch means to break out of an egg. Chicks are young birds that have just hatched from an egg. Birds are warm-blooded animals that have feathers and lay eggs. When you put them together, "The eggs of birds hatch into chicks" is a more specific statement about the life cycle of birds.

The eggs that birds lay hatch into chicks.

Meaning: This means that baby birds come out of eggs that were laid by birds.

Choice of Words: Eggs are oval-shaped objects that contain the embryo of a bird. Lay means to produce an egg. Hatch means to break out of an egg. Chicks are young birds that have just hatched from an egg. Birds are warm-blooded animals that have feathers and lay eggs. When you put them together, "The eggs that birds lay hatch into chicks" is a very specific statement about the life cycle of birds.

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