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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Checked by operating

"The product should be checked by operating several times."

Is this sentence correct?
I wonder because the product does not operate. It is being operated.
So I thought I should say
"The product should be checked by being operated several time."

When I use the Microsoft Word grammar check, it detects an error when I write "by operating".
But when I google, "check by being operated" gets NO hit, and "checked by operating" gets 210 thousand hits (limiting the region to the US).
  

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" Is this sentence correct? I wouldn't say it's wrong, but it's abbreviated. " For clearer English, I'd recommend the active voice, because it is more direct, more energetic.

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  • " Is this sentence correct?
  • I wouldn't say it's wrong, but it's abbreviated.
  • " For clearer English, I'd recommend the active voice, because it is more direct, more energetic.
  • "Operate this product several times to check it".
  • I wonder because the product does not operate.
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Hi,

"The product should be checked by operating several times."

Is this sentence correct? I wouldn't say it's wrong, but it's abbreviated. If I wanted to write it a little more carefully, I'd write

"The product should be checked by operating it several times."

For clearer English, I'd recommend the active voice, because it is more direct, more ene
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Thank you very much!
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