Point origine
English translation: (the) origin
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| 11:50 Dec 9, 2010 |
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|  Selected response from: Josh Goldsmith Switzerland Local time: 02:09 | ||||||
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| 4 +4 | (the) origin |
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| 4 +1 | origin |
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| 4 | starting point |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1origin Explanation: Simpler still, drop 'point of' and put 'origin'. |
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7 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4(the) origin Explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_(mathematics) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2010-12-09 12:00:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- As you can see from the text on wikipedia, you always say that the axes meet at the origin--the word "the" is required. "The coordinates of the origin are always all zero, for example (0,0) in two dimensions and (0,0,0) in three." "The point where the X and Y axes intersect is called the origin" http://books.google.it/books?id=8kuut1JqC0kC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA8... etc. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 mins (2010-12-09 12:11:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.google.it/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q="X an... |
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