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&lt;font color=red&gt;DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here.  Post them in our &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3615.39139)</generator><item><title>Re: sentence</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#269053</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:55:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:269053</guid><dc:creator>Clive</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#269053</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-269053.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi, 
 Microscopic investigations revealed good disperse of the nanofibers in the preform.  
 My suggestion was: Microscope inspection showed a good distribution of nanofibers in the preform. 
  Do you see a difference between "microscopic investigations" and "microscopic inspection"? Or do you reject the former term entirely?   
 'Microscopic' sounded a bit to me like it suggested 'tiny' ( He has a microscopic brain. His chances of marrying me are microscopic. ), so I favoured 'Microscope'. ' . . . by microscope' also seems reasonable. 
 'Investigation' sounded like an elaborate search for an answer. I thought they probably just took a look at it, so I suggested 'inspection'. However, perhaps the required technology is more...</description></item><item><title>Re: sentence</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#268816</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:55:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:268816</guid><dc:creator>milky</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#268816</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-268816.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Do you see a difference between "microscopic investigations" and "microscopic inspection"? Or do you reject the former term entirely?</description></item><item><title>Re: sentence</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#268610</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:55:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:268610</guid><dc:creator>Nano</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#268610</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-268610.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Thanks for the reply</description></item><item><title>Re: sentence</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#267990</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:55:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:267990</guid><dc:creator>Marius Hancu</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#267990</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-267990.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Microscopic investigations revealed a good dispersion of the nanofibers in the preform. 
 
Clive's is OK too, but for both you must check in similar papers in the
literature, to see which are the established/recognized terms.</description></item><item><title>Re: sentence</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#267933</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:55:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:267933</guid><dc:creator>Clive</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm#267933</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-267933.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi, 
 Microscopic investigations revealed good disperse of the nanofibers in the preform. 
 Microscope inspection showed a good distribution of nanofibers in the preform. 
 Best wishes, Clive</description></item><item><title>sentence</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:55:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:267928</guid><dc:creator>Nano</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Sentence/ddjbw/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-267928.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Is this sentence is correct 
 Microscopic investigations revealed good disperse of the nanofibers in the preform. 
 Thanks</description></item></channel></rss>