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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

is the second preposition necessary here?

Hi,

Ex: All our receivers are able to compute position based on Galileo satellites only and on combined GPS+Galileo.

Is the second preposition 'on' (marked bold) necessary in this sentence?

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Removing "on" only makes a bad sentence worse. All our receivers are able to compute position s based on either Galileo satellites only or a combination of GPS+Galileo satellites.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Removing "on" only makes a bad sentence worse.
  • All our receivers are able to compute position s based on either Galileo satellites only or a combination of GPS+Galileo satellites.
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Removing "on" only makes a bad sentence worse.

All our receivers are able to compute positions based on either Galileo satellites only or a combination of GPS+Galileo satellites.
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AlpheccaStarsAll our receivers are able to compute positions based on either Galileo satellites only or a combination of GPS+Galileo satellites.
Thank you for perfecting the original (broken) sentence!

There is still one point that I hope you can help me with....
Is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to put "position" in the plural in this sentence?
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MUSCOVITEAll our receivers are able to compute time and position either in Galileo only or GPS+Galileo mode.
Yes, because "time" can be considered uncountable. The combination "time and position" would also be sensed as uncountable.
MUSCOVITEIs it ABSOLUTELY necessary to put "position" in the plural in this sentence?
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