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Ever since scientists discovered that the fingerprints of each person on earth was unique, fingerprinting has played an important role in law enforcement.



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          Depending on whether you want this sentence as a printed content or in verbal usage, we can rephrase it as below:



          Print use:
          Ever since that it was discovered that fingerprints are unique for each person on Planet Earth, fingerprinting has played an important role in law enforcement.



          Verbal use:
          Fingerprinting has played a crucial role in law enforcement. Especially, ever since that it was discovered that the fingerprints are unique for each person.



          Apart from Grammatical correction or going by the rule-book, see if you can rephrase the content according to need and usage.






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            Depending on whether you want this sentence as a printed content or in verbal usage, we can rephrase it as below:



            Print use:
            Ever since that it was discovered that fingerprints are unique for each person on Planet Earth, fingerprinting has played an important role in law enforcement.



            Verbal use:
            Fingerprinting has played a crucial role in law enforcement. Especially, ever since that it was discovered that the fingerprints are unique for each person.



            Apart from Grammatical correction or going by the rule-book, see if you can rephrase the content according to need and usage.






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              Depending on whether you want this sentence as a printed content or in verbal usage, we can rephrase it as below:



              Print use:
              Ever since that it was discovered that fingerprints are unique for each person on Planet Earth, fingerprinting has played an important role in law enforcement.



              Verbal use:
              Fingerprinting has played a crucial role in law enforcement. Especially, ever since that it was discovered that the fingerprints are unique for each person.



              Apart from Grammatical correction or going by the rule-book, see if you can rephrase the content according to need and usage.






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                Depending on whether you want this sentence as a printed content or in verbal usage, we can rephrase it as below:



                Print use:
                Ever since that it was discovered that fingerprints are unique for each person on Planet Earth, fingerprinting has played an important role in law enforcement.



                Verbal use:
                Fingerprinting has played a crucial role in law enforcement. Especially, ever since that it was discovered that the fingerprints are unique for each person.



                Apart from Grammatical correction or going by the rule-book, see if you can rephrase the content according to need and usage.






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                Depending on whether you want this sentence as a printed content or in verbal usage, we can rephrase it as below:



                Print use:
                Ever since that it was discovered that fingerprints are unique for each person on Planet Earth, fingerprinting has played an important role in law enforcement.



                Verbal use:
                Fingerprinting has played a crucial role in law enforcement. Especially, ever since that it was discovered that the fingerprints are unique for each person.



                Apart from Grammatical correction or going by the rule-book, see if you can rephrase the content according to need and usage.







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