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The insulation of the wall was designed very well for us to use.
Is it correctly way to say?
 
How are you "using" it?
 
Polyester said:
The insulation of the wall was designed very well for us to use.
Is that the [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] correct[STRIKE]ly[/STRIKE] way to say it?
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Note the corrections to your question. You could also have asked "Is this sentence correct?"
 
I think the sentence is rubbish, personally. It's B.S., as though someone were paid by the word to say the insulation is good. The insulation is good. That's it, the only idea in the sentence.
 
I suspect the OP means it was easy to install, but we'll have to wait for Polyester to answer Dave's question.

Some types of insulation are definitely much easier to install than other types.
 
konungursvia said:
I think the sentence is rubbish, personally. It's B.S., as though someone were paid by the word to say the insulation is good. The insulation is good. That's it, the only idea in the sentence.
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The sentence is self-made.
 
Skrej said:
I suspect the OP means it was easy to install, but we'll have to wait for Polyester to answer Dave's question.

Some types of insulation are definitely much easier to install than other types.
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"insulation" = the act of protecting sth with a material that prevents heat, sound, electricity, etc. from passing through; the materials used for this

I found the dictionary out the information as above.
Can you guide me to make a correct sentence?
 
The wording of your sentence says that it is the insulation that is to be 'used'.

I guess that you are trying to write some promotional material for a Chinese-made product you want to market to English speakers. We need to know more about your product. Is it insulation?

I see that you know what insulation is, but we need to know what about this particular insulation makes it "designed well for us to use".

1. Who is "us". The manufacturer of this insulation? A manufacturer of insulated wall panels? The contractor/installer? The end user/consumer?
2. Was it the insulation that made the wall good?
3. Did the design make the insulation easy to install? More effective? Cheaper?
 
J&K Tutoring said:
The wording of your sentence says that it is the insulation that is to be 'used'.

I guess that you are trying to write some promotional material for a Chinese-made product you want to market to English speakers. We need to know more about your product. Is it insulation?

I see that you know what insulation is, but we need to know what about this particular insulation makes it "designed well for us to use".

1. Who is "us". The manufacturer of this insulation? A manufacturer of insulated wall panels? The contractor/installer? The end user/consumer?
2. Was it the insulation that made the wall good?
3. Did the design make the insulation easy to install? More effective? Cheaper?
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Simply, I want to say that the wall is preventing the electrical power passing through.
It's a stupid though, I knew.
 
So the product is insulated electrical wire, and the 'wall' is the wall of insulation on the wire?
 
Yes. And I made a non-logical sentence...
 
Your original sentence is not illogical. The problem was that it was unclear, partly because your readers lacked the background knowledge that you were talking about insulated wire.

Let's get back to finding a better way to express what you mean.

Is there something unique or special about the insulation? You might look up the word fungible in a dictionary. We generally regard insulated wire as fungible because one is pretty much the same as another. I can, however, imagine ways that certain specialized types of wire cable could benefit consumers by incorporating special insulated coverings.
 
So, I do a revision as below,

The insulation of the wire cable was designed very well for passing the wall without any accident happened.

Is it correct now?
 
I do not see the point of the sentence.
The word "wire", which refers to the individual strands of a cable, is redundant when you talk about cables. Cables are classified according to uses eg. electrical cable, telephone cable, data cable, etc. They are specified according to the number of cores and sizes (diameter). All cables are insulated with various materials such as PVC and various fabrics. The main criterion for the performance of a cable is not so much on the leakage of transmission(safety) as its efficiency in transmitting electrical current as in the case of a typical electrical cable.
You can just say: The cable is well insulated.
 
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With respect, tedmc, I was the one brought up the word cable. The OP may not be thinking of cable at all.

The insulation of the wire cable was designed very well for passing the wall without any accident happened.

By this I think you mean that the insulation will not be damaged by being pulled (fished where I come from) through an opening.

A good way to say that would be, "The insulation is formulated to withstand abrasion."

Polyester: Do you know the difference between 'wire' and 'cable'? It's like pulling teeth to get useful information from you so we can help you!;-)
 
Not A Teacher

A cable does not have to refer to electrical cable made from wires, it could also be fibre optic cable or a rope cable for example.
 
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Polyester said:
"wire"
a piece of thinmetalthread which can be bent, used for fastening things and for making particulartypes of objects that are strong but can bend

"cable"
a set of wires, covered by plastic, that carrieselectricity, telephonesignals, etc.



So, the result is the insulation of cable was designed very well, because it was using mix materials of metal.
Is it correct now?
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No. You don't make insulation out of metal.

I still have no idea what point you are trying to make. Can you explain? Are you talking about how well the insulation works to protect the wires during the act of pulling the cable through a wall?
 
Excellent! You catch my point.
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The product is the insulation of the wall.
The cable can pass through the wall with safety.
The wire can be omitted.

The main ideas are insulation of the wall and cable.
And then, I want to make a sentence to express these acting.
 
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Not A Teacher

Are you sure insulation of the wall is the word that you should be using?
Would the structure or construction of the wall be better?
"The structure/construction of the wall enables cables to be easily passed through it" might be something written about a wall if it had a cable duct system built into it as it was created.
 
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