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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Is this grammatically correct?

On paper we're confident that something will work, but highways and campsites is the toughest test lab.

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Anonymous On paper we're confident that something will work, but highways and campsites is the toughest test lab. The grammar is correct, but the logic (or the semantics) doesn't quite work. " I believe you could make your point by saying, "We're confident that this works on paper," meaning that the theory and the engineering data give us the desired results.

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  • Anonymous On paper we're confident that something will work, but highways and campsites is the toughest test lab.
  • The grammar is correct, but the logic (or the semantics) doesn't quite work.
  • " I believe you could make your point by saying, "We're confident that this works on paper," meaning that the theory and the engineering data give us the desired results.
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AnonymousOn paper we're confident that something will work, but highways and campsites is the toughest test lab.
The grammar is correct, but the logic (or the semantics) doesn't quite work.

Also, some would say, "highways and campsites are the toughest test lab[ s ]."

We typically say, "This looks good on paper."

But we
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