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Mai Van Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
A grammar sentence
Hi everyone!
I made a mistake in a toefl grammar sentence.
The average soda can [ has a ] tensile [strong] [ capable of ] supporting [ a weight of ] one hundred kilograms.
The answer is strong and my book said that It should be used " strength" whereas I think , " capability " should be used in stead of " capable".
Therefore, I do not know that there is a pattern " have + Noun + compliment ( such as noun, adj.... ) , isn't it?
I really appriciate your help!
Thanks.
I made a mistake in a toefl grammar sentence.
The average soda can [ has a ] tensile [strong] [ capable of ] supporting [ a weight of ] one hundred kilograms.
The answer is strong and my book said that It should be used " strength" whereas I think , " capability " should be used in stead of " capable".
Therefore, I do not know that there is a pattern " have + Noun + compliment ( such as noun, adj.... ) , isn't it?
I really appriciate your help!
Thanks.
Top answer
Hello Mai Van, To simplify things in the mind a bit, the shortest way to say it would be: A soda can supports one hundred kilograms. "Tensile strength" is a common phrase used in science, so your example is correct this way, as your book said: The average soda can has a tensile strength capable of supporting a weight of one hundred kilograms. If you wanted to use the words "strong" and "capacity" in this sentence, you would have to alter it to something like this: The average soda can is strong, having the capacity to support a weight of one hundred kilograms.
- Hello Mai Van, To simplify things in the mind a bit, the shortest way to say it would be: A soda can supports one hundred kilograms.
- "Tensile strength" is a common phrase used in science, so your example is correct this way, as your book said: The average soda can has a tensile strength capable of supporting a weight of one hundred kilograms.
- If you wanted to use the words "strong" and "capacity" in this sentence, you would have to alter it to something like this: The average soda can is strong, having the capacity to support a weight of one hundred kilograms.
- There is a small problem with using the word "capacity" in this sentence.
- Since a soda can is a unit of volume, and the word capacity often means a unit of volume, using the word "capacity" could be confusing here, so saying "capable of" is a clearer way to express your meaning in this sentence.
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Hello Mai Van,
To simplify things in the mind a bit, the shortest way to say it would be:
A soda can supports one hundred kilograms.
"Tensile strength" is a common phrase used in science,
so your example is correct this way, as your book said:
The average soda can has a tensile strength capable of supporting a weight of one hundred kilograms.
To simplify things in the mind a bit, the shortest way to say it would be:
A soda can supports one hundred kilograms.
"Tensile strength" is a common phrase used in science,
so your example is correct this way, as your book said:
The average soda can has a tensile strength capable of supporting a weight of one hundred kilograms.
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Hi Trellis,
Thank for your explaination.
I really got it.
Regards,
Thank for your explaination.
I really got it.
Regards,
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Hi!
Can you help me to show what is wrong in a below sentence:
Ozone is [ an ] unstable [ faintly ] bluish gas [ that ] is the most [ chemical ] active from of oxygen.
Thanks alot in advance.
Can you help me to show what is wrong in a below sentence:
Ozone is [ an ] unstable [ faintly ] bluish gas [ that ] is the most [ chemical ] active from of oxygen.
Thanks alot in advance.
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Hello again Mai Van,
I think that this sentence seems to look right this way:
Ozone is an unstable, faintly bluish gas which is the most chemically active form of oxygen.
I am not sure, maybe it should be "that" instead of "which"?
I think that this sentence seems to look right this way:
Ozone is an unstable, faintly bluish gas which is the most chemically active form of oxygen.
I am not sure, maybe it should be "that" instead of "which"?
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Hi Trellis,
Thank your answer. It is correct.
Again, thanks so much.
Thank your answer. It is correct.
Again, thanks so much.
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