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4 +2 | depends on what you mean by technology |
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4 | No - it's an intangible |
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2 | No |
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can technology be designed? No Explanation: Not quite sure why, but it seems to me that it can't, so your first version is right. |
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can technology be designed? depends on what you mean by technology Explanation: In current technical/marketing English, 'technology' is often used to refer to a method or technique and/or the result of producing something using a particular method or technique. In this sense, *a technology* can be designed, but technology as an abstract entity in the conventional sense cannot. sample ref: Technology Spotlight - Tool-Less Technology Designed For Low ... The key to this technology lies in the design. Enclosures that have been designed using this technology are “broken up” into individual pieces and parts to ... www.moldmakingtechnology.com/articles/0606spotlight.html |
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