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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence appropriate and correct

Without discharging the capacitor, one more cell was added and what happened afterwards was observed.
  

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It's grammatical, but awkward. I find "what happened afterwards" to be particularly clumsy. Is there a reason you don't want to use the active voice?

— BarbaraPA

  • It's grammatical, but awkward.
  • I find "what happened afterwards" to be particularly clumsy.
  • Is there a reason you don't want to use the active voice?
  • Without discharging the capacitor, we added one more cell and oberved the results/reaction/( whatever ).
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It's grammatical, but awkward. I find "what happened afterwards" to be particularly clumsy.

Is there a reason you don't want to use the active voice?

Without discharging the capacitor, we added one more cell and oberved the results/reaction/(whatever).
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