Sentence complete?

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Anonymous  #257320  Sat, 19 Aug 06 08:48 AM
Dear sir, Can u say that this sentence "As alloying elements Ns and Pb have another advantage over the others." is complete?
  
Marius Hancu  #257363  Sat, 19 Aug 06 01:14 PM
"As alloying elements Ns and Pb have another advantage over the others."

This must be indeed completed with things like

such as ...
e.g. ...
specifically ...

after a comma or a colon, or in a parenthesis.
  
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Nef  #257469  Sat, 19 Aug 06 09:55 PM

Dear sir, Can u say that this sentence "As alloying elements Ns and Pb have another advantage over the others." is complete?

My first idea was to put a comma after 'elements' and leave the rest of the sentence alone.

As alloying elements, Ns and Pb have another advantage over the others.

(I'm not disagreeing with Marius' suggestions. The sentence can be fixed in several ways.)

  
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