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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Technical writing
If I say "A loose bolt in the connection plate", is this descriptive enough and proper grammer? Would there ever be a case where I would need to say "One loose bolt in the connection plate" if I am only describing one bolt. Does the "A" at the beginning of the sentence describe this bolt as "one" already or does proper grammer suggest I need to put "one" at the beginning of the sentence?
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Anonymous Does the "A" at the beginning of the sentence describe this bolt as "one" already or does proper grammer suggest I need to put "one" at the beginning of the sentence? Yes. A - works better in this context; although, I understand your question.
- Anonymous Does the "A" at the beginning of the sentence describe this bolt as "one" already or does proper grammer suggest I need to put "one" at the beginning of the sentence?
- Yes.
- A - works better in this context; although, I understand your question.
- I did some technical writing at my last job, ranging from equipment specs, operating procedures, failure analysis and experiment summaries etc.
- For your example: "A loose bolt in the connection plate" appeared to be a fragment which doesn't paint an exact and complete picture.
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AnonymousDoes the "A" at the beginning of the sentence describe this bolt as "one" already or does proper grammer suggest I need to put "one" at the beginning of the sentence?Yes. A - works better in this context; although, I understand your question.
I did some technical writing at my last job, ranging from equipment specs, operating procedures, failure
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grammar, not grammer.
In most cases, a loose bolt is fine. That's automatically one.
You've given no further context, so it's impossible to say whether you have a special case where one loose bolt is needed. You should not write a one loose bolt under any circumstances, of
In most cases, a loose bolt is fine. That's automatically one.
You've given no further context, so it's impossible to say whether you have a special case where one loose bolt is needed. You should not write a one loose bolt under any circumstances, of
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