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Agarista Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

In the sentence:"A three-strong team led by Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School has now demonstrated that the technology to store data in DNA, while still slow is becoming more practical." 
a three- strong team means a strong team of three?And if it does, is it usual to word it like that? 
  

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It simply means a team of three. The team is three strong. It has nothing to do with strength in the ordinary sense.

— Enoon

  • It simply means a team of three.
  • The team is three strong.
  • It has nothing to do with strength in the ordinary sense.
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It simply means a team of three. The team is three strong. It has nothing to do with strength in the ordinary sense.
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Thank you enoon;
Is it a common expression, would it sound weird if I said : "I work in a five-strong team" ....
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It's not uncommon, but yes, it would sound weird. It is usually reserved for dramatic effect. You work on a five-member (or five-man) team.
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Yes, it would sound unnatural, especially coming from me. In your example you wrote "you work on a team" , I'm guessing the right preposition in ON and not IN.
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Agarista Yes, it would sound unnatural, especially coming from me. In your example you wrote "you work on a team" , I'm guessing the right preposition in ON and not IN.
It depends on the context. People can come together in a team, and after that, they are on it.
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Prepositions are my number one enemy! May I ask one last thing, are these sentences are OK ?
I am on the team.
He is on my team. He is in my team.(for some reason I think both are acceptable)
She is in my class/group.
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Ask away.

They are all OK, except "He is in my team" would sound odd if it's a sports team. If it's like a research team, then I guess it's possible.
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