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any one ... several ....together.

English translation: should include one or more of the following materials

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English term or phrase:any one ... several ....together.
Selected answer:should include one or more of the following materials
Entered by: airmailrpl

06:53 Mar 11, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Linguistics
English term or phrase: any one ... several ....together.
Preferably, in the liquid culture medium, the nitrogen source should include any one of silkworm chrysalis powder, protein peptone, milk powder, yeast powder, and lactalbumin hydrolysate, or several of these materials together.

Is there a better way to express the meaning? :-)

Thank you in advance!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 10:21
should include one or more of the following materials
Explanation:
[PDF] APR 2004
constructed from one or more of the following materials: anodized aluminum. alloys, steel or stainless steel alloys and titanium alloys. ...
www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf3/k031687.pdf
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 23:21
Grading comment
Thank you all for kind help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +11should include one or more of the following materials
airmailrpl
4 +3any one of the following:
William [Bill] Gray
4 +1any one (or several) of: ...
Tony M
4one, more or all of the following materials
Jack Doughty
4 -1omit "any one"
conejo


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
omit "any one"


Explanation:
It should say:

...the nitrogen source should include silkworm chrysalis powder, protein peptone, milk powder, yeast powder, lactalbumin hydrolysate, or several of these materials together.



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Note added at 15 mins (2006-03-11 07:09:33 GMT)
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Please note I also omitted the "and" you had in front of lactalbumin hydrolysate.

conejo
United States
Local time: 21:21
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: No, that intorduces confusion, since from the start of the list, it sounds like it means 'all of the following', and then when you get to the end, the 'or several...' is puzzling
17 mins
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +11
should include one or more of the following materials


Explanation:
[PDF] APR 2004
constructed from one or more of the following materials: anodized aluminum. alloys, steel or stainless steel alloys and titanium alloys. ...
www.fda.gov/cdrh/pdf3/k031687.pdf


airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thank you all for kind help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, that's a good way to go too
11 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Naikei Wong: this can serve to express the number of material species involved (without confusing with the amounts of species)
54 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Chris More (X): definitely better to have the defining clause at the beginning, with colon even better
1 hr
  -> thank you
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
2 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Ivona Tillett
3 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Isodynamia
3 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Mwananchi
5 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Alison Jenner
6 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Bailatjones: I agree
7 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  NancyLynn
10 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  RHELLER
10 hrs
  -> thank you
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
any one (or several) of: ...


Explanation:
I think what you've got is fine, although I would be inclined to add a colon : to introduce the list (as in Airmailrpl's example)

It might be slightly tidier to bring the 'or several' up to the front as I've suggested above --- the brackets aren't obligatory, but maybe help make the sense clear...

Tony M
France
Local time: 04:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 156

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER: I just love those colons :-)
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rita! I'm very attached to mine, thank you!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
any one of the following:


Explanation:
This will help to keep it as near to the original as possible, and still allows for the final phrase: "or several of these materials together"

William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 04:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Shortall
1 hr
  -> Thanks Peter!
agree  Bailatjones: think this is succinct, but would maybe put 'the several' somewhere at the beginning
6 hrs
agree  RHELLER: also a good option
9 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
one, more or all of the following materials


Explanation:
"More" could be taken to extend as far upwards as "all", but it is still good English to specify this if the original does.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 197
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