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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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please modify this sentence to a correct one

If the number of hosts on the network is N and the maximum number of hosts in each portion limits to Max, the number of managers M will be calculated by ...
  

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This is how I'd write it: If the number of hosts on the network is N , and the maximum number of hosts in each portion limits to is Max , then the number of managers , M , will be calculated by ... "then" is optional, and some people wouldn't bother. I personally like to use it, especially when there's quite a big distance from "if".

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  • This is how I'd write it: If the number of hosts on the network is N , and the maximum number of hosts in each portion limits to is Max , then the number of managers , M , will be calculated by ...
  • "then" is optional, and some people wouldn't bother.
  • I personally like to use it, especially when there's quite a big distance from "if".
  • I'm assuming that " Max " is a variable name, like N and M .
  • Normal practice is to italicise these.
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This is how I'd write it:

If the number of hosts on the network is N, and the maximum number of hosts in each portion limits to is Max, then the number of managers, M, will be calculated by ...

"then" is o
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