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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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experiments

0Let's say there are 10 experiments to run02br
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001. Chemical A + specimen A (passed/pass)02br
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002. Chemical B + specimen A (failed/fail)02br
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0010. Chemical J + specimen A02br
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00If I choose to use pass/fail to mark each item, should I use present/past participle(adjective) as in pass vs passed and fail vs failed?02br
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00Also, what should the number of experiments that passed/failed be called? Here's my take02br
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00Total number passing, total number passed, total number of items passed02br
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00Total number failing, total number failed, total number of items failed02br
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00Thanks in advance0-
  

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0 01i 00pass/fail02i 02br 00 they are also both nouns, even though 01i 00fail02i 00 is considered obsolete as noun02br 02br 01i 00Total number passing02br 02i 00seems fine to me. 01i 02br 02i 00 0-

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0 01i00pass/fail02i02br
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01i00Total number passing02br
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