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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

..., respectively.

I have a confusion when it comes to simplify the writing of analysis data. "The analysis of the physical and chemical properties of the charcoals indicated that the water content of cinnamon wood, candlenut shell, alaban wood, and acacia wood charcoal was 0.66%, 1.15%, 0.69%, and 0.61%; the ash content 2.37%, 3.62%, 2.57%, and 0.48%; the volatile matter content 23.94%, 35.35%, 29.65%, and 42.61%; the fixed carbon content 73.69%, 61.03%, 70.48%, and 56.91%; and the calorific value 7591.84 cal/g, 5649.70 cal/g, 7008.59 cal/g, and 6280.76 cal/g, respectively."
Do you think it is fine to write such a long line this way? Would it baffle the reader? Thank you.
  

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Anonymous Do you think it is fine to write such a long line this way? It is OK. 76 cal/g,

  • Anonymous Do you think it is fine to write such a long line this way?
  • It is OK.
  • 76 cal/g,
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AnonymousDo you think it is fine to write such a long line this way?
It is OK. It would be much improved by moving the term forward, casting in plural, and shortening somewhat with omissions:

Analysis of the respective physical and chemical properties of the charcoals indicated that the water contents of cinnamon wood, candlen
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Thank you so much Emotion: smile. So, I don't have to write "respectively" at the end of the sentence since it's already written in the beginning
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Gal99 I don't have to write "respectively" at the end of the sentence since it's already written in the beginning "
Yes, that's the point. Welcome to English Forums, Gal99.
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Ah! On second reading, I see that 'calorific' should be changed to 'caloric'.
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In general parlance, 'calorific' in its first meaning refers to lots of calories, while 'caloric' refers to heat value:

Calorific:
1. containing a lot of calories and therefore likely to make you fat
Thesaurus entry for this meaning of calorific
2. SCIENCE producing energy or heat

Caloric:
technical Of or relating

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