colon + passive voice
I got a couple of scientific articles to check the use of the colon in context. So, I am confused with the use of the colon in the following cases:
"The reason that IMRT and VMAT plans are different is that different tumors are treated: VMAT is used for stereotactic treatments of small tumors and IMRT for larger tumors."
"For the primary transmission Tprimary, measured with the EPID as a function of the (geometrical or radiological) thickness tij, the following model was used: "XMODEL "
The used of colon after the passive voice (i.g., "are treated", "was used") always trips me out. Any rule to get out of this problem?
PS. The text came from this article:
In aqua vivo EPID dosimetry
Markus Wendling,a) Leah N. McDermott,b) Anton Mans, I´gor Olaciregui-Ruiz,
Raul Pecharroma´n-Gallego, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Joep Stroom, Marcel van Herk,
and Ben J. Mijnheerc)
grammar passive-voice colon
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I got a couple of scientific articles to check the use of the colon in context. So, I am confused with the use of the colon in the following cases:
"The reason that IMRT and VMAT plans are different is that different tumors are treated: VMAT is used for stereotactic treatments of small tumors and IMRT for larger tumors."
"For the primary transmission Tprimary, measured with the EPID as a function of the (geometrical or radiological) thickness tij, the following model was used: "XMODEL "
The used of colon after the passive voice (i.g., "are treated", "was used") always trips me out. Any rule to get out of this problem?
PS. The text came from this article:
In aqua vivo EPID dosimetry
Markus Wendling,a) Leah N. McDermott,b) Anton Mans, I´gor Olaciregui-Ruiz,
Raul Pecharroma´n-Gallego, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Joep Stroom, Marcel van Herk,
and Ben J. Mijnheerc)
grammar passive-voice colon
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Could you explain why you think that using a colon after a passive is a problem? There are ways to avoid the passive but using a colon does not necessitate these.
– Shoe
6 hours ago
3
This is perfectly grammatical. You will have to invent a rule of your own, and that rule will be a style rule.
– RegDwigнt♦
6 hours ago
1
@mRotten Both sentences are perfectly grammatical. The text before the colon is a complete sentence in both cases; there are no sentence fragments (unless you count XMODEL as a fragment). Apart from the fact that I have no idea what either sentence means, they both read as totally natural English, and I can’t see anything that would suggest they were written by a non-native speaker.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
6 hours ago
Jorge, can you state the two rules or say where you found them?
– Shoe
6 hours ago
1
Thanks for the clarification. Neither of the string of words before the colon in your sentences is a fragment, so rule 1 does not apply. Rule 2 refers to the separation of a verb from its complement - as in the example about Lincoln - or its object as in I like playing: chess, golf and tennis. Neither of your sentences breaks this rule. The passive has nothing to do with the issue here.
– Shoe
5 hours ago
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I got a couple of scientific articles to check the use of the colon in context. So, I am confused with the use of the colon in the following cases:
"The reason that IMRT and VMAT plans are different is that different tumors are treated: VMAT is used for stereotactic treatments of small tumors and IMRT for larger tumors."
"For the primary transmission Tprimary, measured with the EPID as a function of the (geometrical or radiological) thickness tij, the following model was used: "XMODEL "
The used of colon after the passive voice (i.g., "are treated", "was used") always trips me out. Any rule to get out of this problem?
PS. The text came from this article:
In aqua vivo EPID dosimetry
Markus Wendling,a) Leah N. McDermott,b) Anton Mans, I´gor Olaciregui-Ruiz,
Raul Pecharroma´n-Gallego, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Joep Stroom, Marcel van Herk,
and Ben J. Mijnheerc)
grammar passive-voice colon
asked 7 hours ago
jorgejorge
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I got a couple of scientific articles to check the use of the colon in context. So, I am confused with the use of the colon in the following cases:
"The reason that IMRT and VMAT plans are different is that different tumors are treated: VMAT is used for stereotactic treatments of small tumors and IMRT for larger tumors."
"For the primary transmission Tprimary, measured with the EPID as a function of the (geometrical or radiological) thickness tij, the following model was used: "XMODEL "
The used of colon after the passive voice (i.g., "are treated", "was used") always trips me out. Any rule to get out of this problem?
PS. The text came from this article:
In aqua vivo EPID dosimetry
Markus Wendling,a) Leah N. McDermott,b) Anton Mans, I´gor Olaciregui-Ruiz,
Raul Pecharroma´n-Gallego, Jan-Jakob Sonke, Joep Stroom, Marcel van Herk,
and Ben J. Mijnheerc)
grammar passive-voice colon
grammar passive-voice colon
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Could you explain why you think that using a colon after a passive is a problem? There are ways to avoid the passive but using a colon does not necessitate these.
– Shoe
6 hours ago
3
This is perfectly grammatical. You will have to invent a rule of your own, and that rule will be a style rule.
– RegDwigнt♦
6 hours ago
1
@mRotten Both sentences are perfectly grammatical. The text before the colon is a complete sentence in both cases; there are no sentence fragments (unless you count XMODEL as a fragment). Apart from the fact that I have no idea what either sentence means, they both read as totally natural English, and I can’t see anything that would suggest they were written by a non-native speaker.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
6 hours ago
Jorge, can you state the two rules or say where you found them?
– Shoe
6 hours ago
1
Thanks for the clarification. Neither of the string of words before the colon in your sentences is a fragment, so rule 1 does not apply. Rule 2 refers to the separation of a verb from its complement - as in the example about Lincoln - or its object as in I like playing: chess, golf and tennis. Neither of your sentences breaks this rule. The passive has nothing to do with the issue here.
– Shoe
5 hours ago
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Could you explain why you think that using a colon after a passive is a problem? There are ways to avoid the passive but using a colon does not necessitate these.
– Shoe
6 hours ago
3
This is perfectly grammatical. You will have to invent a rule of your own, and that rule will be a style rule.
– RegDwigнt♦
6 hours ago
1
@mRotten Both sentences are perfectly grammatical. The text before the colon is a complete sentence in both cases; there are no sentence fragments (unless you count XMODEL as a fragment). Apart from the fact that I have no idea what either sentence means, they both read as totally natural English, and I can’t see anything that would suggest they were written by a non-native speaker.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
6 hours ago
Jorge, can you state the two rules or say where you found them?
– Shoe
6 hours ago
1
Thanks for the clarification. Neither of the string of words before the colon in your sentences is a fragment, so rule 1 does not apply. Rule 2 refers to the separation of a verb from its complement - as in the example about Lincoln - or its object as in I like playing: chess, golf and tennis. Neither of your sentences breaks this rule. The passive has nothing to do with the issue here.
– Shoe
5 hours ago
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Could you explain why you think that using a colon after a passive is a problem? There are ways to avoid the passive but using a colon does not necessitate these.
– Shoe
6 hours ago
Could you explain why you think that using a colon after a passive is a problem? There are ways to avoid the passive but using a colon does not necessitate these.
– Shoe
6 hours ago
3
3
This is perfectly grammatical. You will have to invent a rule of your own, and that rule will be a style rule.
– RegDwigнt♦
6 hours ago
This is perfectly grammatical. You will have to invent a rule of your own, and that rule will be a style rule.
– RegDwigнt♦
6 hours ago
1
1
@mRotten Both sentences are perfectly grammatical. The text before the colon is a complete sentence in both cases; there are no sentence fragments (unless you count XMODEL as a fragment). Apart from the fact that I have no idea what either sentence means, they both read as totally natural English, and I can’t see anything that would suggest they were written by a non-native speaker.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
6 hours ago
@mRotten Both sentences are perfectly grammatical. The text before the colon is a complete sentence in both cases; there are no sentence fragments (unless you count XMODEL as a fragment). Apart from the fact that I have no idea what either sentence means, they both read as totally natural English, and I can’t see anything that would suggest they were written by a non-native speaker.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
6 hours ago
Jorge, can you state the two rules or say where you found them?
– Shoe
6 hours ago
Jorge, can you state the two rules or say where you found them?
– Shoe
6 hours ago
1
1
Thanks for the clarification. Neither of the string of words before the colon in your sentences is a fragment, so rule 1 does not apply. Rule 2 refers to the separation of a verb from its complement - as in the example about Lincoln - or its object as in I like playing: chess, golf and tennis. Neither of your sentences breaks this rule. The passive has nothing to do with the issue here.
– Shoe
5 hours ago
Thanks for the clarification. Neither of the string of words before the colon in your sentences is a fragment, so rule 1 does not apply. Rule 2 refers to the separation of a verb from its complement - as in the example about Lincoln - or its object as in I like playing: chess, golf and tennis. Neither of your sentences breaks this rule. The passive has nothing to do with the issue here.
– Shoe
5 hours ago
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Could you explain why you think that using a colon after a passive is a problem? There are ways to avoid the passive but using a colon does not necessitate these.
– Shoe
6 hours ago
3
This is perfectly grammatical. You will have to invent a rule of your own, and that rule will be a style rule.
– RegDwigнt♦
6 hours ago
1
@mRotten Both sentences are perfectly grammatical. The text before the colon is a complete sentence in both cases; there are no sentence fragments (unless you count XMODEL as a fragment). Apart from the fact that I have no idea what either sentence means, they both read as totally natural English, and I can’t see anything that would suggest they were written by a non-native speaker.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
6 hours ago
Jorge, can you state the two rules or say where you found them?
– Shoe
6 hours ago
1
Thanks for the clarification. Neither of the string of words before the colon in your sentences is a fragment, so rule 1 does not apply. Rule 2 refers to the separation of a verb from its complement - as in the example about Lincoln - or its object as in I like playing: chess, golf and tennis. Neither of your sentences breaks this rule. The passive has nothing to do with the issue here.
– Shoe
5 hours ago