Tedwonny
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- Joined
- Jan 10, 2012
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Hong Kong
- Current Location
- UK
I came across an article the other day about the weather signals in HK and I have a few questions. Please help out
1) the author is 'Hong Kong observatory' --> why don't we need an article 'the' HK observatory?
2) It says "A tropical cyclone is centred within about 800 kilometres (km) of Hong Kong"
I'm not so sure why 'centred' is used instead of 'centering' as it is an active process here - the cyclone centering HK.
3) "Gale or storm force wind is expected or blowing generally in
This looks rather complex. I don't think it's regarded as good sentence structure, right?
Also isn't the prepositional phrase "from the quarter indicated" a bit strange?
shouldn't it be "as the quarter indicates (present tense and active voice)" or just "from the quarter"
A BIG THANK YOU!
1) the author is 'Hong Kong observatory' --> why don't we need an article 'the' HK observatory?
2) It says "A tropical cyclone is centred within about 800 kilometres (km) of Hong Kong"
I'm not so sure why 'centred' is used instead of 'centering' as it is an active process here - the cyclone centering HK.
3) "Gale or storm force wind is expected or blowing generally in
Hong Kong near sea level, with a sustained wind speed of63-117 km/h from the quarter indicated and gusts which mayexceed 180 km/h, and the wind condition is expected to
persist." This looks rather complex. I don't think it's regarded as good sentence structure, right?
Also isn't the prepositional phrase "from the quarter indicated" a bit strange?
shouldn't it be "as the quarter indicates (present tense and active voice)" or just "from the quarter"
A BIG THANK YOU!