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Tapas Lover Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

chemistry terms

Hi, which one is correct?

The Hydroxycitric acid that gone through...

OR

The hydroxycitric acid that gone trough...

Thanks.
  

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kinggnik87 The hydroxycitric acid that gone went trough through ... Don't use capitals on the names of chemical compounds, molecules, and so on. CJ

  • kinggnik87 The hydroxycitric acid that gone went trough through ...
  • Don't use capitals on the names of chemical compounds, molecules, and so on.
  • CJ
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kinggnik87The hydroxycitric acid that gone went trough through ...
Don't use capitals on the names of chemical compounds, molecules, and so on.

CJ
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Thanks CJ.

However, why the word 'went' and not 'gone'?
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Neither of these sound correct.
Please post the entire sentence.
Normally chemical names are not capitalized, if that is what you are asking.

Experiments in the 1970s showed that adding large amounts of hydroxycitric acid (HCA) to the diets of mice caused them to eat less. It wasn't long before American supplement manufacturers began to mass-produce HCA as a weight loss p
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'gone' is a past participle. You can't use a past participle as the only verb in a clause.

Either you need to change it to a past tense (went) or you need to add an auxiliary verb (has gone).

CJ
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Alphecca, yes, I'm asking about the capitalized part. Thanks again.

CJ, thanks for the information. Emotion: wink

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