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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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How to describe a value of two items?

A cylinder has one circle on both sides, and each circle has a center point (X,Z). If the X value of the two centers are equal and the Z value of the centers are different, can I describe it like that:

"The X value of both sides centers are equal, and the Z value are different"

  

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Hi Yes, that's OK. I would put an apostrophe after sides - the centers belong to the sides, so they are the sides' centers. I might use 'but'; and you need to decide if the Z part is singular or plural: the Z values are different, or, the Z value is different.

— Dave_anon

  • Hi Yes, that's OK.
  • I would put an apostrophe after sides - the centers belong to the sides, so they are the sides' centers.
  • I might use 'but'; and you need to decide if the Z part is singular or plural: the Z values are different, or, the Z value is different.
  • Either version would be OK.
  • The same is true of the X part of the sentence -The X values of both sides' centers are equal, but the Z value is different.
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Hi

Yes, that's OK. I would put an apostrophe after sides - the centers belong to the sides, so they are the sides' centers.

I might use 'but'; and you need to decide if the Z part is singular or plural: the Z values are different, or, the Z value is different. Either version would be OK. The same is true of the X part of the sentence

-The X values of both sides' centers are e

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anonymous"The X values of both sides the centers (of the circular ends) are equal, and but the Z values are different"

I would write it as shown above. You'

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