Steps

What is the full sentence?

There is nothing wrong with the phrase "a further step" --

What's the context?

Tom

PS: Sorry, 5jj -- didn't see you there.

Set the tubes at an angle to strap them together in a further step.
Meaning: in a step further on, they will be strapped together.

SamCNHSet the tubes at an angle to strap them together in a further step.Meaning: in a step further on, they will be strapped together.

Sounds like a procedure for doing something. I think there is nothing wrong with in a further step here. Let's see what 5jj has to say about it.

Tom

SamCNHSet the tubes at an angle to strap them together in a further step.

That sounds most unnatural to me. I'd expect something like 'at a later stage'.

i know, but since i have to use the word step, i'm trying to form a sentence with it.

I agree with fivejj: "later on", for example, sounds good to me.

SamCNH: i know, but since i have to use the word step, i'm trying to form a sentence with it.

It would be very helpful to mention such things directly in the beginning

I think i'll go for "in a later step". Thanks

Z1g41n3rIt would be very helpful to mention such things directly in the beginning

Absolutely. Sometimes we have no idea whether a student is asking for an explanation of a phrase he has seen in print or asking how to use a phrase that has randomly hatched from his own brain.