>>It may, with very little change, be used to test the hardness of plastics.<<

Yes. And substituting "modification" might make it even simpler to understand:

"It may, with little modification, be used to test the hardness of plastics."

As to what the word "change" means here:

"It" presumably refers to a device or procedure that is ordinarily used for something other than testing plastics. The sentence says that if this device or procedure is slightly changed, it can be used to test for the hardness of plastic, as well.

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Pardon me for confusing things about crossing the green; I understood you to have said you were done with the examination, but I was mistaken.

Last edited by inselpeter; 12/24/05 01:10 AM.