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James do Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

All at the same time

I have this sentence:

"To satisfy the minimum illuminance and received power all at the same time to maximize the SNR, we have to...."

Is my sentence correct. Does "to maximize" need to be changed in to "maximizing"? The two jobs "satisfying the minimum illuminance and received power" and "maximizing the SNR" must be performed at the same time.

Thank you.
  

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My suggestion would be something like: To satisfy the criteria of minimum luminance and minimum received power while simultaneously optimising the SNR, we have to.. To satisfy the minimum thresholds for luminance and received power while optimising the SNR, we have to.. The problem with your sentence is that it is not the luminance or power that needs to be satisfied.

— Spikey One

  • My suggestion would be something like: To satisfy the criteria of minimum luminance and minimum received power while simultaneously optimising the SNR, we have to..
  • To satisfy the minimum thresholds for luminance and received power while optimising the SNR, we have to..
  • The problem with your sentence is that it is not the luminance or power that needs to be satisfied.
  • It is the criteria or threshold that needs to be satisfied.
  • I assume you have expanded the abbreviation SNR earlier in the text, if not it should be shown as "signal to noise ratio (SNR)" the first time it is mentioned, then "SNR" thereafter.
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My suggestion would be something like:

To satisfy the criteria of minimum luminance and minimum received power while simultaneously optimising the SNR, we have to..

To satisfy the minimum thresholds for luminance and received power while optimising the SNR, we have to..

The problem with your sentence is that it is not the luminance or power that needs to be satisfied.
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