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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
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Please tell me whether this is OK.
For the coolant system to be effective, the belt of the fan should be in appropriate tension.
  

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vsuresh Please tell me whether this is OK. It's fine. More idiomatic, perhaps, For the coolant system to be effective, the fan belt should have the appropriate (amount of) tension.

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  • vsuresh Please tell me whether this is OK.
  • It's fine.
  • More idiomatic, perhaps, For the coolant system to be effective, the fan belt should have the appropriate (amount of) tension.
  • For the coolant system to be effective, the appropriate amount of tension should be applied to the fan belt.
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vsureshPlease tell me whether this is OK.
It's fine. More idiomatic, perhaps,

For the coolant system to be effective, the fan belt should have the appropriate (amount of) tension.
For the coolant system to be effective, the appropriate amount of tension should be applied to the fan belt.

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