Vitamin C is essential for life.

Meaning: Vitamin C is necessary for your body to function properly and stay healthy.

Choice of Words: "Essential" is an adjective that means absolutely necessary or indispensable. "Life" is a noun that refers to the existence of an individual organism.

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Without Vitamin C, we would get sick.

Meaning: This means that if we don't have enough Vitamin C, our bodies will not be able to fight off infections and we will get sick.

Choice of Words: Without means if we don't have something. Vitamin C is the nutrient we're talking about. Get sick means to become ill or unwell. So, if we don't have Vitamin C, we will become sick.

Vitamin C helps our bodies fight off infections.

Meaning: This means that Vitamin C helps our bodies to stay healthy and fight off germs that can make us sick.

Choice of Words: Helps means to make something easier or possible. Our bodies are what make us who we are, like our arms, legs, and head. Fight off means to protect ourselves from something harmful. Infections are illnesses that are caused by germs like bacteria or viruses. So, Vitamin C helps our bodies protect ourselves from getting sick.

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