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Here is the sentence:
"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
I mean that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller, and I want to know why is that.
Thank you :)
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Here is the sentence:
"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
I mean that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller, and I want to know why is that.
Thank you :)
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You've already essentially provided your own syntax. If you combine your two sentences and add two words, here is what you wrote: Why is it that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller?
– Jason Bassford
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Here is the sentence:
"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
I mean that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller, and I want to know why is that.
Thank you :)
grammar american-english british-english questions syntax
asked 2 days ago
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Here is the sentence:
"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
I mean that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller, and I want to know why is that.
Thank you :)
grammar american-english british-english questions syntax
grammar american-english british-english questions syntax
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While writing advice may be off topic, the structural and semantic errors are likely relevant on this site.
– Kris
2 days ago
2
You've already essentially provided your own syntax. If you combine your two sentences and add two words, here is what you wrote: Why is it that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
add a comment |
While writing advice may be off topic, the structural and semantic errors are likely relevant on this site.
– Kris
2 days ago
2
You've already essentially provided your own syntax. If you combine your two sentences and add two words, here is what you wrote: Why is it that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
While writing advice may be off topic, the structural and semantic errors are likely relevant on this site.
– Kris
2 days ago
While writing advice may be off topic, the structural and semantic errors are likely relevant on this site.
– Kris
2 days ago
2
2
You've already essentially provided your own syntax. If you combine your two sentences and add two words, here is what you wrote: Why is it that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
You've already essentially provided your own syntax. If you combine your two sentences and add two words, here is what you wrote: Why is it that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
add a comment |
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"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
In the usual structure of "comparative correlative" type of parallelism it would be:
Why is it that the bigger the conjugated system, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?
Note the inversion.
HTH.
See also:
ELU: What are sentences like “the longer X, the more Y” called and can they be used in formal written English?
EnglishGrammar: "The…the… with comparative adjectives"
answered 2 days ago
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"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
In the usual structure of "comparative correlative" type of parallelism it would be:
Why is it that the bigger the conjugated system, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?
Note the inversion.
HTH.
See also:
ELU: What are sentences like “the longer X, the more Y” called and can they be used in formal written English?
EnglishGrammar: "The…the… with comparative adjectives"
answered 2 days ago
Kris
32.3k541116
add a comment |
up vote
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"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
In the usual structure of "comparative correlative" type of parallelism it would be:
Why is it that the bigger the conjugated system, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?
Note the inversion.
HTH.
See also:
ELU: What are sentences like “the longer X, the more Y” called and can they be used in formal written English?
EnglishGrammar: "The…the… with comparative adjectives"
answered 2 days ago
Kris
32.3k541116
add a comment |
up vote
-1
down vote
up vote
-1
down vote
"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
In the usual structure of "comparative correlative" type of parallelism it would be:
Why is it that the bigger the conjugated system, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?
Note the inversion.
HTH.
See also:
ELU: What are sentences like “the longer X, the more Y” called and can they be used in formal written English?
EnglishGrammar: "The…the… with comparative adjectives"
answered 2 days ago
Kris
32.3k541116
"Why is a conjugated system bigger, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?"
In the usual structure of "comparative correlative" type of parallelism it would be:
Why is it that the bigger the conjugated system, the smaller the atomic electron transitions?
Note the inversion.
HTH.
See also:
ELU: What are sentences like “the longer X, the more Y” called and can they be used in formal written English?
EnglishGrammar: "The…the… with comparative adjectives"
answered 2 days ago
Kris
32.3k541116
answered 2 days ago
Kris
32.3k541116
answered 2 days ago
Kris
32.3k541116
answered 2 days ago
Kris
32.3k541116
32.3k541116
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While writing advice may be off topic, the structural and semantic errors are likely relevant on this site.
– Kris
2 days ago
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You've already essentially provided your own syntax. If you combine your two sentences and add two words, here is what you wrote: Why is it that when a conjugated system gets bigger, the atomic electron transitions get smaller?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago