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by vikram4689 » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:49 am
CORRECT SENTENCE: Scientists have recently discovered that the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly's wings enables the insect to control how much heat energy is absorbed by its wings and how much is reflected away.

What is the difference between ultrathin, layered construction and ultrathin AND layered construction in above sentence
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by theperegrine » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:03 pm
By using the comma, 'ultrathin' becomes a qualifier for the 'layered construction'
By using 'and', 'ultrathin' qualifies the wings rather than the 'construction'
So, depending on what you want to talk about, you can use either of the two forms of construction.
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by vikram4689 » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:03 pm
theperegrine wrote: By using 'and', 'ultrathin' qualifies the wings rather than the 'construction'
I think even in above case 'ultrathin' and 'layered' modifies 'construction' because 'ultrathin' is an ADJECTIVE so 'ultrathin of a butterfly's wings' as suggested above would be incorrect
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by vikram4689 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:26 pm
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by vikram4689 » Wed May 09, 2012 6:12 am
vikram4689 wrote:
theperegrine wrote: By using 'and', 'ultrathin' qualifies the wings rather than the 'construction'
I think even in above case 'ultrathin' and 'layered' modifies 'construction' because 'ultrathin' is an ADJECTIVE so 'ultrathin of a butterfly's wings' as suggested above would be incorrect
Aren't these 2 sentences mean SAME
a) the ultrathin, layered construction of a butterfly's wings enables the insect
b) the ultrathin and layered construction of a butterfly's wings enables the insect
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by vikram4689 » Fri May 11, 2012 9:40 am
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