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can operate or can be operated
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00 I have this one dictionary definition 01 u 00 between 02 u 00 the two definitions my Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary have. Can you tell me why it has the phrase 'can operate' and not 'can be operated'? I am sensing both can work. 02 br
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00 module A module is a part of a spacecraft which can operate by itself, often away from the rest of the spacecraft. 02 br
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00 Also, which word is appropriate for the place underlined besides the one used? among? But that is usually used for things 3 or more, isn't it? 0-
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00 I have this one dictionary definition 01 u 00 between 02 u 00 the two definitions my Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary have. Can you tell me why it has the phrase 'can operate' and not 'can be operated'? I am sensing both can work. 02 br
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00 module A module is a part of a spacecraft which can operate by itself, often away from the rest of the spacecraft. 02 br
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00 Also, which word is appropriate for the place underlined besides the one used? among? But that is usually used for things 3 or more, isn't it? 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 A car's engine can be thought of as a module of the car because it may be replaced with another suitable engine without the need to affect anything other in the car (_weak coupling_). 02 br 02 br 00 HTH 02 br 02 br 00 EDIT: Plus, there're many purely automatical systems in a spacecraft module, so it does operate! 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 A car's engine can be thought of as a module of the car because it may be replaced with another suitable engine without the need to affect anything other in the car (_weak coupling_).
- 02 br 02 br 00 HTH 02 br 02 br 00 EDIT: Plus, there're many purely automatical systems in a spacecraft module, so it does operate!
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0 No, I think operate is better because it more effectively expresses its autonomy. 02 br
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00 Module (be it a spacecraft's module or a program's module) is always relatively autonomous (less 01 i 00 coupled 02 i 00 with the environment than the module's internals coupled with each other), you may think of it a subgraph with a strong connectivity. 02 br
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00 Module (be it a spacecraft's module or a program's module) is always relatively autonomous (less 01 i 00 coupled 02 i 00 with the environment than the module's internals coupled with each other), you may think of it a subgraph with a strong connectivity. 02 br
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1 i 00 can operate by itself: 02 i 00 doesn't need a driver/controller, works alone, operates alone, as a robot perhaps does 02 br
01 i 00 can be operated by itself 02 i 00 : does 01 b 00 not 02 b 00 mean it works/operates alone; 01 i 00 operat 01 b 00 ed 02 b 02 i 00 means there's an extra agent imposing the oper
01 i 00 can be operated by itself 02 i 00 : does 01 b 00 not 02 b 00 mean it works/operates alone; 01 i 00 operat 01 b 00 ed 02 b 02 i 00 means there's an extra agent imposing the oper
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