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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Applicable

Hi,

My dad will bring a hospital bed hand control to the USA to see if it's applicable on the hospital bed.

Please correct sentence thank you.
  

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g. " Second, I cannot imaging what applying a device to a bed is supposed to mean. You can apply a grammar rule to a word or expression; a theorem to a certain math structure, an approach to a problem (so that to resolve it), ...

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Hello PJ,

First, "applicable" is usually used with the preposition "to", e.g. "This
theorem is applicable to both cases." Second, I cannot imaging what

applying a device to a bed is supposed to mean. You can apply a grammar

rule to a word or expression; a theorem to a certain math structure,

an approach to a problem (so that to resolve it), ... I had better