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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
pls check if this is natural English?
Hi,
If you could tell me whether the following phrases are natural English?
(1) fire and explosion safe warehouse/power transformer
(2) fire and explosion safety regulations/rules
mus-te
If you could tell me whether the following phrases are natural English?
(1) fire and explosion safe warehouse/power transformer
(2) fire and explosion safety regulations/rules
mus-te
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(1) This does not read well. Is it intended to mean that the warehouse or power transformer is safe against fire and explosion? (2) This is possible with either word; all other things being equal, "regulations" may be better.
- (1) This does not read well.
- Is it intended to mean that the warehouse or power transformer is safe against fire and explosion?
- (2) This is possible with either word; all other things being equal, "regulations" may be better.
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(1) This does not read well. Is it intended to mean that the warehouse or power transformer is safe against fire and explosion?
(2) This is possible with either word; all other things being equal, "regulations" may be better.
(2) This is possible with either word; all other things being equal, "regulations" may be better.
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Hi GPY,
I have NOT been able to find any examples with "fire and explosion safe" or "fire and explosion safety" in COCA and GLOWBE... if you could polish up my (Russo-English) example (1)?
GPY Is it intended to mean that the warehouse or power transformer is safe against fire and explosion?Exactly!
I have NOT been able to find any examples with "fire and explosion safe" or "fire and explosion safety" in COCA and GLOWBE... if you could polish up my (Russo-English) example (1)?
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"fire- and explosion-safe warehouse/power transformer" is possible, but I'm not sure I would really recommend it. It may be better to recast the sentence in which this appears, but I would need to see the full context to suggest anything.
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GPYbut I would need to see the full context to suggest anything.There is no "full context" actually. There is a table named "Main advantages the new system has over its predecessors" or something... And there is a row in the table reading "Improved fire and explosion safety"... nothing more...
I understand "Improved fire and explosion safety" is ok (s
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MUSCOVITEI understand "Improved fire and explosion safety" is ok (stylistically and grammatically)... for this kind of "table use" at least?Yes, that sounds OK to me.
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