Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
any one ... several ....together.
English answer:
should include one or more of the following materials
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airmailrpl
Mar 11, 2006 06:53
18 yrs ago
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any one ... several ....together.
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Preferably, in the liquid culture medium, the nitrogen source should include any one of silkworm chrysalis powder, protein peptone, milk powder, yeast powder, and lactalbumin hydrolysate, or several of these materials together.
Is there a better way to express the meaning? :-)
Thank you in advance!
Is there a better way to express the meaning? :-)
Thank you in advance!
Responses
+11
17 mins
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
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32
Selected
should include one or more of the following materials
[PDF] APR 2004
constructed from one or more of the following materials: anodized aluminum. alloys, steel or stainless steel alloys and titanium alloys. ...
www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf3/k031687.pdf
constructed from one or more of the following materials: anodized aluminum. alloys, steel or stainless steel alloys and titanium alloys. ...
www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf3/k031687.pdf
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all for kind help!"
-1
7 mins
omit "any one"
It should say:
...the nitrogen source should include silkworm chrysalis powder, protein peptone, milk powder, yeast powder, lactalbumin hydrolysate, or several of these materials together.
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Note added at 15 mins (2006-03-11 07:09:33 GMT)
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Please note I also omitted the "and" you had in front of lactalbumin hydrolysate.
...the nitrogen source should include silkworm chrysalis powder, protein peptone, milk powder, yeast powder, lactalbumin hydrolysate, or several of these materials together.
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Note added at 15 mins (2006-03-11 07:09:33 GMT)
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Please note I also omitted the "and" you had in front of lactalbumin hydrolysate.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: No, that intorduces confusion, since from the start of the list, it sounds like it means 'all of the following', and then when you get to the end, the 'or several...' is puzzling
17 mins
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+1
27 mins
any one (or several) of: ...
I think what you've got is fine, although I would be inclined to add a colon : to introduce the list (as in Airmailrpl's example)
It might be slightly tidier to bring the 'or several' up to the front as I've suggested above --- the brackets aren't obligatory, but maybe help make the sense clear...
It might be slightly tidier to bring the 'or several' up to the front as I've suggested above --- the brackets aren't obligatory, but maybe help make the sense clear...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
RHELLER
: I just love those colons :-)
10 hrs
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Thanks, Rita! I'm very attached to mine, thank you!
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+3
1 hr
William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Norway
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English
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Related KudoZ points
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16
any one of the following:
This will help to keep it as near to the original as possible, and still allows for the final phrase: "or several of these materials together"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Peter Shortall
1 hr
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Thanks Peter!
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| agree |
Bailatjones
: think this is succinct, but would maybe put 'the several' somewhere at the beginning
6 hrs
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| agree |
RHELLER
: also a good option
9 hrs
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1 hr
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
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English
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Native in: English
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197
one, more or all of the following materials
"More" could be taken to extend as far upwards as "all", but it is still good English to specify this if the original does.
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