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What word comes before:
force
figures
pitch

There's supposed to be just one that fits them all but try as I might, I can't figure it out. Can anyone help?

full?

I think that you are right, but how would you define "full pitch"?

The usage example in my French dictionary is Excitement was at full pitch.

Actually, I'm not sure about full figures - a full figure seems more natural-sounding, though I suppose we could say three ladies with full figures.

Duh, I couldn't get the idea of an aircraft pitching, sth to do with the fact I did sth about ornithopters with the same class.

Excitement at full pitch, also volume at full pitch.

Full figures could refer to accountancy, not hiding anything. Yep, "full" is the answer.

Thing is, I didn't have the teachers book. I don't usually need it but I just couldn't figure that one out for some reason. Thanks.

PS, if you don't know what an ornithopter is, and you can play mpeg video, check this out:
http://www.ornithopter.net/images/full-scale.mpg

Not sure that Carmina Burana is the right music for it, though.

Andrew Patterson wrote:Duh, I couldn't get the idea of an aircraft pitching, .

I think it would be the aircraft propeller that was at full pitch, perhaps not the aircraft.

Some prop have variable pitch (the angle of attack of the blade).
By putting the prop on full pitch you get maximum forward thrust. And most noise.

The answer is obviously the

Actually, the second most common collocation after 'the *' is 'sales *'. This is probably the answer they are searching for.

The site I use to access the British National Corpus allows me to search for words that come near the target word. Very useful for these kind of questions.

Both "full" "the" fit IMHO

Tigertiger wrote:

I think it would be the aircraft propeller that was at full pitch, perhaps not the aircraft.

Not in the movie of the aircraft that I posted because it didn't have a propeller (unless you count anything that propels something forward as a propeller.)

Could you say the wings were flapping at full pitch?
http://www.ornithopter.net/images/full-scale.mpg

How about the right force?
figures?
pitch?

Or correct/incorrect, exact, any, and impressive?

Andrew Patterson wrote:Tigertiger wrote:

I think it would be the aircraft propeller that was at full pitch, perhaps not the aircraft.

Not in the movie of the aircraft that I posted because it didn't have a propeller (unless you count anything that propels something forward as a propeller.)

Could you say the wings were flapping at full pitch?
http://www.ornithopter.net/images/full-scale.mpg

I think the inventors can make up thier own terms here.
Perhaps we could say that the use of the verb pitch is irregualr here

Perhaps we could say that the use of the verb pitch is irregualr here

Well, considering that it is a noun here, yes.

TigerTiger wrote:

I think the inventors can make up thier own terms here.
Perhaps we could say that the use of the verb pitch is irregualr here

It's off topic I know, but in your opinion, did the ornithopter actually fly?

I don't know about the ornithopter but here are a few other aeronautic turkeys that managed to make it off the ground!

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/fa ... tml?1=BACK