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Re: Norway's Troll gas field

by RonPurewal Thu Sep 26, 2013 6:19 am

ericyuan0811 Wrote:hello everyone!

in(C), is there any problem in "...,with such an extraction rate... "?


With that specific part of the construction, no, not really. But that choice has some serious issues.

* Lack of parallelism: Xxxxx is expected to increase and then stabilizing...
I know you aren't asking about this part. But, if this is not blindingly obvious, it's time to go back and study parallel structures.

* "At (the) least" is not in the right place. It should be placed right before "50 years' production".
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Re: Norway's Troll gas field

by rte.sushil Tue May 13, 2014 11:58 am

i know C has other errors such as in : allowing such an extraction rate at the least allowing 50 years 's productions. 1.) allowing is not referring to any noun 2.) allowing atleast are wrongly places

why the meaning of C cant be:

Yield of natural gas is expected to increase and this increase results in stabilizing at 6 billion cubic feet a day
<maybe things become stable because of an increase>

My only doubt is whether the meaning can be inferred as i said above ?
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Re: Norway's Troll gas field

by RonPurewal Thu May 15, 2014 8:45 am

<maybe things become stable because of an increase>


These things are mutually exclusive. If a value is "stable", then it is not increasing (nor is it decreasing). So, no, this interpretation doesn't make sense.
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Re: Norway's Troll gas field

by rte.sushil Mon May 19, 2014 7:48 pm

If a value is "stable", then it is not increasing (nor is it decreasing)


makes sense. Why this point didn't strike to me:(.

I thought as now it is low ,but once it is increased (to some fixed number ) then it will stabilize.

Anyways, Thanks:)
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Re: Norway's Troll gas field

by RonPurewal Wed May 21, 2014 5:19 pm

rte.sushil Wrote:I thought as now it is low ,but once it is increased (to some fixed number ) then it will stabilize.

Anyways, Thanks:)


... and that's exactly why the correct version contains "and then".