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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

In case of

There are two possible causes:
(1) ABC is destroyed.

(2) XYZ is damaged.


In case of (1), you have to get it repaired by a professional.

Is the underlined part correct?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Hi, There are two possible causes: (1) ABC is destroyed. (2) XYZ is damaged. In case of (1), you have to get it repaired by a professional.

— Clive

  • Hi, There are two possible causes: (1) ABC is destroyed.
  • (2) XYZ is damaged.
  • In case of (1), you have to get it repaired by a professional.
  • Is the underlined part correct?
  • Let me first ask you a couple of questions for clarification.
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Hi,
There are two possible causes:
(1) ABC is destroyed.

(2) XYZ is damaged.




In case of (1), you have to get it repaired by a professional.


Is the underlined part correct?

Let me first ask you a couple of questions for clarification.

This sounds like you mean that ABC is destroyed
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Thanks, Clive.
CliveThis sounds like you mean that ABC is destroyed  and XYZ is damaged are the possible causes of some third event or situation. Is that what you mean? Yes, the third event had happened.

Did any of these three events actually occur, or are they all just possibilities? Th
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in case of is a phrase and should befollowed by a noun or a gurant
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gurant?
What's that?
CJ
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LiveinjapanIn case of (1), you have to get it repaired by a professional.

Is the underlined part correct?
It's OK, but why not say In the first case, you have to ... ?
Are you going to have a long list of cases? That could justify the numbering system.
CJ
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Hi,
There are two possible causes:
(1) ABC is destroyed.

(2) XYZ is damaged.



Consider this example.

There are two possible causes of the power failure yesterday.
(1) Some equipment at the power station was destroyed.
(2) Some transmission lines were damaged.

Causes can also be presented as noun phrases. eg
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Thanks, CJ and Clive.
I found other ways you mentioned better in this case.
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