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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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singular or plural verb?

0I'm revising an article written in English by an Italian and I'm stuck on something he wrote: 02br
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00The above assertion becomes more relevant at a higher frequency where 01font01i00generating and converting the signal is02i02font00 less energy efficient. 02br
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0Hi mj,02br
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00If you think of "generating and converting" as a single process, use "is."02br
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0Great, thanks GG!02br
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0I agree with GG. I'd expect there are two processes, one on each end of the line, so to speak. I expect you know more about the signal than I do.02br
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00I'd think of the signal as carrying some kind of information from point A to point B. At point A, the information is converted to a signal. At point B it's converted back to information, consuming energy at both ends.
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0I was thinking along those lines, but in looking at it twice, I started to doubt myself.02br
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00Squish aka mj 02br
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00just signed up to the forum, you guys are great!02br
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0I was thinking along the same lines but when I looked at it twice, it looked wrong! 02br
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00You guys have been great! I just signed up!02br
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00"a" is too specific, one would ask "WHICH higher frequency" and there wouldn't be any answer:-[ 0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Hi mj,12br
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10If you think of "generating and converting" as a single process, use "is."12br
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0He's simply saying that as the frequency of the signal increases, so does the energy consumption.0-
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01cite10Avangi12cite10He's simply saying that as the frequency of the signal increases, so does the energy consumption.12br
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10Of course, but this must be written:02br
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0hmmm, didn't think about that. 02br
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00He actually wrote "00The above assertion becomes more relevant at higher frequency" and specified nothing. 02br
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00I simply took it as an error that article had been omitted. It's a very techy article and their English is rough. 02br
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00Thanks. I may have other questions about tech
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