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Snuppelina Posted 12 years ago
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In addition, the decays of the product of the reaction X, leading to the known nucleus Y, allow use of the correlation method for the Z identification.

I am not sure about the "allow use" phrase. Does it sound ok?

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That part sounds OK to me. Is there more than one decay of the product?

— Clive

  • That part sounds OK to me.
  • Is there more than one decay of the product?
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That part sounds OK to me.

Is there more than one decay of the product?
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Thanks, Clive!
Yes, there is.

What do you think would be better: ....allow use... or ....allow using...
Can we use 'allow using' at all?
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allow use

Can we use 'allow using' at all? No, very clumsy.
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