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[Joseph@Shiga]

Hi native teachers,

Always appreciate your useful and kind suggestions.

What bothers me today is the following situation:

The first layer/the intermediate layer/the second layer are laminated
in that order.

Can we write the following sentence using "on"? In othere words, can we use "on" even though the first and second layers do not touch each other.

The first layer is placed on the second layer by way of the intermediate layer.

Should we use "above" instead of "on"?

Many thanks in advance.

Joseph@Shiga.

[Mister Micawber]

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I would use above or over unless the intermediate layer is the glue. However, it seems to me self-obvious that the layers are laminated in that order to create the laminate. 'By way of' seem odd as well. How else could the process proceed?-- Either:

The first layer is laminated to the intermediate layer and then then second layer is laminated to the intermediate layer-- or the first layer is laminated to the second layer with the intermediate layer placed between them. Placing is just a necessary manual first step in the process.
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[Joseph@Shiga]

Mister Micawber,

Thank you so much for your clear-cut instruction.
I noticed that I've been misusing the phrase "by way of".

best regards

Joseph@Shiga.