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an arbitrary one of or arbitrary one of ?

 
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Joseph@Shiga



Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:39 pm    Post subject: an arbitrary one of or arbitrary one of ? Reply with quote

Hi native teachers,
Many thanks for your kind instruction.

What bothers me today is how to use "arbitrary" in the following phrase:

A. to write information in an arbitrary one of the magnetoresistance effect elements
B. to write information in arbitrary one of the magnetoresistance effect elements

Please let me know which one is correct and tell me the reason.

Thanks in advance.

Joseph@Shiga.
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Eric Thompson



Joined: 25 Nov 2006
Posts: 148
Location: Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines

PostPosted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Joseph, Both of your phrases don't sound good to me. We can write information in an arbitrary manner about the magneto-resistance effect elements, but we can't write information in (an) arbitrary one of the magneto-resistance effect elements. It just doesn't make sense. Sorry. Sad
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