So the construction
paleontologists who fear the destruction of excavation sites.
doesn't it make the meaning ambiguous..
Do they fear destruction as they fear darkness or they fear about the destruction?
I think that you are quite right in what you say about fearing the destruction of something and fearing that something will be destroyed. The sentence would have been better - that is, more logical - had it referred to the fear that that excavation sites would be destroyed. It is probably quite
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paleontologists who fear the destruction of excavation sites.
doesn't it make the meaning ambiguous..
Do they fear destruction as they fear darkness or they fear about the destruction?
I think that you are quite right in what you say about fearing the destruction of something and fearing that something will be destroyed. The sentence would have been better - that is, more logical - had it referred to the fear that that excavation sites would be destroyed. It is probably quite
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