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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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In which

"Boltzmann found that entropy measured the number of ways atoms, and the energy they carry, can be arranged."

Should the prepositional phrase "in which" be put between "ways" and "atoms" in the above?
  

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"Should the prepositional phrase "in which" be put between "ways" and "atoms" in the above? It's correct to do that, but it's unnecessarily fussy. "ways" can take "in which", "that", or nothing at all as a relative word.

— CalifJim

  • "Should the prepositional phrase "in which" be put between "ways" and "atoms" in the above?
  • It's correct to do that, but it's unnecessarily fussy.
  • "ways" can take "in which", "that", or nothing at all as a relative word.
  • the ways [in which / that / - - -] atoms can be arranged CJ
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Anonymous"Boltzmann found that entropy measured the number of ways atoms , and the energy they carry, can be arranged."Should the prepositional phrase "in which" be put between "ways" and "atoms" in the above?
It's correct to do that, but it's unnecessarily fussy. "ways" can take "in which", "that", or nothing at all as a relative word.

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