In dehydration, EVEN THE BODY has a lot of water IN IT,

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello, can you explain to me why what is the incorrect part of this sentence?
In dehydration, EVEN THE BODY has a lot of water IN IT, it is THE LACK OF free water that constitute dehydration.
I though IN IT sounds unnatural so it’s correct but they key was EVEN THE BODY.

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“Even the body has”
vs
“the body has”

“The body has” is a statement of fact. It means the body has water in it.

“Even the body has” means something like:
“Lots of things might be expected to not have water in them, but they do. The body is expected to not have water in it more than the other things.”

Out of all the things that are expected to not have water in them, the body is the least expected to have water in it. So if the body has water in it, then all the other things certainly have water also.

“I though IN IT sounds unnatural”

Only slightly. It’s not unnatural for a layman, but it’s not a scientific or medical way of saying it.

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In the absence of some contrasting features (minor or major), the use of ‘EVEN’ is not justifiable.
Here, the body is generally known or scientifically proven to contain two-thirds of water. So, ‘even the body’ is inappropriate.

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I believe the easiest correction would be:
“…even though the body…”

Also “constitutes”

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