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ColleenV

03:33

@CowperKettle Why wouldn't you just say "is stored properly"?

hmm looking at the ngrams for * the proper conditions and * proper conditions doesn't make me more certain of the best way.

I think I would use the definite article "is stored under the proper conditions"

@CowperKettle I would choose "Creation and quality control of..."

CowperKettle

@ColleenV Because the Russian original says: "In order to ensure the proper conditions of storage of the cell bank.."

So I modified the sentence to get rid of "of .. of .. of"

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ColleenV

@CowperKettle You could say "In order to ensure the proper storage conditions of the cell bank...

but I think it's still awkward

There's this "...and the pressure cannot be regained until the fire is leveled and the proper conditions for burning are obtained once more." so, "ensure the proper conditions for storage of the cell bank" would be OK...

Yeah, just poking around I see many instances of the definite article used in well-written academic papers. For example, "and the sample placed in an appropriate labeled container and stored under the proper conditions."

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CowperKettle

05:23

@ColleenV Thank you, Colleen!

> 1. not less than 10 adult mice with a weight of 15-20 grams
2. not less than 10 adult mice with weights of 15-20 grams

I think that with a weight of is more proper

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V.V.

06:55

count noun ‘mastiffs can reach a weight of 8st 2lb (52 kg)’@CowperKettle

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CowperKettle

10:43

Spasibo, @V.V.!

The concert by Umka and the Armored Car in the Cannonball club yesterday

M.A.R.

Spabiso, @Cowper!

CowperKettle

11:09

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Odd use of the term endpoint

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ColleenV

12:59

@CowperKettle I would say "no fewer than 10 adult mice weighing 15-20 grams"

CowperKettle

13:26

@ColleenV Thank you, Colleen! I edited the document just in time for submission

Anonymous

Word of the day: spasibo

Anonymous

You might have to write it спасибо for the define thingy to work. Not sure.

skullpatrol

thanks

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CowperKettle

15:03

@snailplane Bolshoye spasibo for daywording spasibo!

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CowperKettle

19:03

Word of the midnight: aroint

CowperKettle

19:38

Word of the past-midnight: single-blessedness

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21:47

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