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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Radar
The pilot complained that radar malfunctioned for a few hours during conditions of low temperatures due to a fuel shortage. However, he was able to recover the signal once the petrol was refilled. The stewardesses were talking about a trip around the world. Does this sentence make sense?
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As I'm not familiar with flying, I cannot offer a content matter edit. but reading on, a fuel shortage could not cause that. Now a fuel shortage, to me, implies a paucity in the general supply of fuel, which I assume is not what you are referring to.
- As I'm not familiar with flying, I cannot offer a content matter edit.
- but reading on, a fuel shortage could not cause that.
- Now a fuel shortage, to me, implies a paucity in the general supply of fuel, which I assume is not what you are referring to.
- Then you go directly from the fuel problem and recovering the signal to the stewardesses.
- I would rewrite as follows (or something like this): The pilot complained that the radar malfunctioned for a few hours due to a low level of fuel, which caused the engine to cool.
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As I'm not familiar with flying, I cannot offer a content matter edit. However, the term 'low temperatures' implies a reference to outside weather...but reading on, a fuel shortage could not cause that. Now a fuel shortage, to me, implies a paucity in the general supply of fuel, which I assume is not what you are referring to. Then you go directly from the fuel problem and recovering the signa
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Gosh, you impressed me! Noone could have written that better! Thanks a lot! (y)
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