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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

A healthy male uses thousands of joules in a month

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001: A healthy male uses thousands of joules in a month.02br
002: A healthy male uses up thousands of joules in a month. 0-
  

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0uses and uses up both sound a bit odd to me. 0-

— Nona the brit

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0uses and uses up both sound a bit odd to me. 'needs' sounds better.02br
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00Also, you mean kilojoules not joules; two entirely different things.0-
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01cite10nona the brit12cite10uses and uses up both sound a bit odd to me. 'needs' sounds better.12br
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10Also, you mean kilojoules not joules; two entirely different things.12br
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10What if you had a choice only between the two, 01i00uses02i00 or 01i00
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1i00use up02i00 normally indicates completion/termination of the resources, don't think it's the case here0-
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0 Nona, I think Jackson is talking about output -- burning calories through exercise -- not intake -- nutrition. Jim0-
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1i00 ... male [uses / uses up] ... joules ...02i02br
00I'd say 01i00uses up02i00, but both are OK.02br
00CJ 0-
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