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no further advances have been taken but proper installation of the rock support.


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19:29 Jan 29, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Geology / field, engineering geology
English term or phrase: no further advances have been taken but proper installation of the rock support.
It's a memorandum about a field. Wht's the meaning of it?
erkilonur


Summary of answers provided
4missing "for the"
Gary D


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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
missing "for the"


Explanation:
"no further advances have been taken but for the proper installation of the rock support."

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-01-30 00:20:29 GMT)
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Meaning nothing else has been done but rectifying the rock support installation. (Maybe a rock wall?)

Gary D
Local time: 11:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ken Cox: even with that, it would be rather poetic English for an engineering report
39 mins
  -> It is just a informal memorandum about a field.

neutral  B D Finch: As Ken says, far too literary/archaic.
15 hrs
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