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Hello,

Can you help me on this one, please? :

Once assembled onto the pushchair, the fabric must be flat. It must be stretch (extensible) too.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Will
 

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They mean the fabric should lie flat on the surface of the chair (meaning no wrinkles), but it should not be so tight that it cannot stretch further.
 

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Hello,

Can you help me on this one, please? :

Once assembled onto the pushchair, the fabric must be flat. It must be stretch (extensible) too.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Will

I'm not sure what you want help with. Do you not understand the sentences? Did you write them and want to know if they can be improved?

There are problems:

- Fabric is not "assembled onto a pushchair".
- Stretch is not an adjective.
- Although "extensible" is a word, it's not used very often and I don't think it fits here.

I don't really understand what the second sentence means. Does the fabric still need to have the capacity to be stretched further even after it is on the pushchair?

Do you mean something like:

The fabric must be pulled tight over the pushchair so the fabric is flat, but it must still be possible to stretch it further.
 

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"extensible" is a French word, in this context it means "stretchable".
 

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I found this thread interesting because it sent me to Google to look up pushchair.I had never seen this word before; we call it stroller in AmE.:)
 
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You are right my request wasn't clear, sorry.

I indeed wanted to know if my sentences were correct. Thank you.

Bhai, can we also say "stretchy" in this case?
 

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You are right my request wasn't clear, sorry.

I indeed wanted to know if my sentences were correct. Thank you.

Bhai, can we also say "stretchy" in this case?

Yes, stretchy works as well. However, your text is not clear. I don't really understand what you are trying to say.
 

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I found this thread interesting because it sent me to Google to look up pushchair.I had never seen this word before; we call it stroller in AmE.:)

You do indeed. I flummoxed an American friend once before with that word. What do you call a pram? ;-)
 

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You do indeed. I flummoxed an American friend once before with that word. What do you call a pram? ;-)

I seem to remember that pram is short for perambulator. We call it a baby carriage.
 
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