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Mike in Japan Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Specified as or for

x is specified as the radius
or
x is specified for the radius
Any opinions?
Please also state the country in which you learned English.
thanks,
Mike
  

Top answer

x is specified as the radius sounds like x = radius that is the bone in one's arm. x is specified for the radius sounds like x is a measurement for the length ( radius ). Just take a guess, don't laugh too loud if both are wrong

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x is specified as the radius sounds like x = radius that is the bone in one's arm.

x is specified for the radius sounds like x is a measurement for the length ( radius ).
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Sorry, bad example. How about;
x is specified as the aperture number
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x is specified for the aperture number
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Mike you asked which is sentence is more appropriate to use ?
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Then I would choose ' for '
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Why I always made a typo in a post Emotion: sad
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I would probably say "as," myself, but "for" sounds equally good. I just wouldn't use it automatically.
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Thanks whl626 and Kit,
Last week I advised a student to use 'as', now I feel better.
Thank you both for your help.
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