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Myney Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

If any

Hello. What do you think about this question:"What parameter,if any,affect the maximum speed of a disk?"

Is that question gramatically correct? If yes, what does "if any" mean here?

(It was a question with 4 choices.)

thatks a lot.
  

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Hello, myney — and welcome to English Forums. What parameters , if any , affect the maximum speed of a disk? Is that question gramatically correct?

— Mister Micawber

  • Hello, myney — and welcome to English Forums.
  • What parameters , if any , affect the maximum speed of a disk?
  • Is that question gramatically correct?
  • -- As amended, yes.
  • If yes, what does "if any" mean here?
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Hello, myney — and welcome to English Forums.

What parameters, if any, affect the maximum speed of a disk?

Is that question gramatically correct? -- As amended, yes.

If yes, what does "if any" mean here? -- 'if [there are] any [parameters that affect...]'
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I agree with Mister Micawber's answer, but when he rewrote the sentence, he added "s" to the word "parameter".

What parameters, if any, affect the maximum speed of a disk?

Adding "s" to the word "parameter" will make the sentence correct,

However, the original question is:
myney"What parameter,if any,affect the maximum speed of
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Hello.

Thank you all. They were really useful for me.
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