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Offroad Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

use of 'for' and 'of'

Dear teachers,

Could you shed some light on this?

I've always found odd the use of 'for' and 'of' in sentences so I often tend to avoid them when possible. I'm writing this paper whose title is:

Preliminary tests for the pyrolysis of elephant grass in a bubbling bed reactor aimed to produce bio-oil

and I wonder if this wouldn't sound better:

Elephant grass pyrolysis preliminary tests in a bubbling reactor aimed to produce bio-oil

Thank you
  

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offroad I wonder if this wouldn't sound better: Elephant grass pyrolysis preliminary tests in a bubbling reactor aimed to produce bio-oil No. Too many noun modifiers in a row. Even if you really want all this noun compounding, "preliminary" is an adjective, and you'll have to move it to the beginning.

— CalifJim

  • offroad I wonder if this wouldn't sound better: Elephant grass pyrolysis preliminary tests in a bubbling reactor aimed to produce bio-oil No.
  • Too many noun modifiers in a row.
  • Even if you really want all this noun compounding, "preliminary" is an adjective, and you'll have to move it to the beginning.
  • The "reactor aimed to produce" part is a bit strange as well.
  • Maybe you mean a reactor designed to produce bio-oil.
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offroadI wonder if this wouldn't sound better:

Elephant grass pyrolysis preliminary tests in a bubbling reactor aimed to produce bio-oil
No. Too many noun modifiers in a row. Even if you really want all this noun compounding, "preliminary" is an adjective, and you'll have to move it to the beginning.
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