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At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)? #1 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 14:01 pm   At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)?
 

Hi

… stress tests are carried out in physically extreme operating conditions such as high temperatures, pressures, humidity[ ], and… bla-bla-bla.

In Russian we use high temperatures, as well as 'at high pressures', but I’ve never seen it in English... and am being in doubt. :)
Is it OK or it is just a non-native use?

(By the way, (at least) MS Word does not mind (has nothing against :)) those countable temperatures and pressures. :))
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At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)? #2 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 14:02 pm   At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)?
 

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You can do this either way in English, Tamara-- either the uncountable or plural countable versions.
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At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)? #3 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 14:06 pm   At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)?
 

Thanks!
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At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)? #4 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 14:27 pm   At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)?
 

Tamara wrote:
... and am being in doubt. :)

How about saying something like this: "I'm having my doubts."

You could also say:
- "I'm doubtful about ...."


"I'm being in doubt" is understandable but just a tiny bit too "original" for my taste. :wink:

Tamara wrote:
(By the way, (at least) MS Word does not mind (has nothing against :)) those countable temperatures and pressures. :))
Thank God for small favors. :lol:
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Just a tiny bit too "original" (c) #5 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 14:50 pm   Just a tiny bit too "original" (c)
 

Hi Amy

'I'm in (an) agony of doubt!' 8) :lol:

Thank you very much!
('Thank you a lot!' – is it an American way to say that?)

Quote:
I'm having my doubts.

Hmm… mmmmy... doubts
That’s so funny in English – each time be concerned and carefully specify an owner of all those hands, feet, eyes, doubts, etc… talking definitely about yourself :)
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Just a tiny bit too "original" (c) #6 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 17:01 pm   Just a tiny bit too "original" (c)
 

Tamara wrote:
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I'm having my doubts.

Hmm… mmmmy... doubts
That’s so funny in English – each time be concerned and carefully specify an owner of all those hands, feet, eyes, doubts, etc… talking definitely about yourself :)


Hi Tamara!

"Ich habe da so meine Zweifel" (I?m having my doubts) that this is an English character only!

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At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)? #7 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 17:19 pm   At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)?
 

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Isn't it amazing how similar English and German sometimes are, Michael? :D

The only trouble is that it's tough to predict just where the similarities are going to turn up. :lol:
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Doubts #8 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 17:39 pm   Doubts
 

Hi,

Another one:

I'm beginning to have my doubts about Tony Blair, said George.

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At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)? #9 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:31 am   At high temperature(s) and pressure(s)?
 

Yankee wrote:
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Isn't it amazing how similar English and German sometimes are, Michael? :D


Yes, Amy, it is. For me, particularly since I could learn that it certainly is much more easy to learn English as a foreign language. And I must admit that some other users here do a great job while learning English as they apparently have a rather different structure in their native language.

Yankee wrote:
The only trouble is that it's tough to predict just where the similarities are going to turn up. :lol:


Well, listening to BFBS always when I?m driving in my car I?ve been able to figure out that there are much more similarities, at least between German and British English. For example: every Saturday afternoon BFBS and WDR 2 report about the events in the premier ligues of football. The difference is that BFBS reports about the English premier ligue and WDR 2 reports about the German Bundesliga. :lol: If I continue listening BFBS in a short time I certainly will be more experienced about the happenings in the English premier ligue than about the German Bundesliga. :wink:

By the way, Alan, as I?m listening to BFBS while driving my car I obviously failed to keep possession of George?s sentence. But I?m washing my hands with innocence as I mostly probable paid my attention to the traffic. :roll:

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