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>>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.
As far as I can see, y'all have got it just right, which of course is no surprise...
Logwood: this sentence is absolutely typical of the technical English of manuals, instructions, operating procedures, specifications and such. If you continue working in translation, you're going to come across this type of stuff continuously!
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Simplification of insidious sentences
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Logwood
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12/23/05 08:12 PM
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sjmaxq
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12/23/05 08:24 PM
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TEd Remington
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12/23/05 08:25 PM
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TheFallibleFiend
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12/23/05 08:25 PM
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tsuwm
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12/23/05 08:58 PM
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Logwood
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12/23/05 09:12 PM
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Logwood
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12/23/05 10:06 PM
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inselpeter
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12/23/05 11:34 PM
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sjmaxq
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12/23/05 11:42 PM
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inselpeter
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12/24/05 12:23 AM
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Logwood
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12/24/05 12:38 AM
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maverick
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12/24/05 12:53 AM
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inselpeter
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12/24/05 01:06 AM
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Logwood
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12/24/05 01:12 AM
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Logwood
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12/24/05 01:25 AM
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maverick
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12/24/05 01:39 AM
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inselpeter
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12/24/05 01:47 AM
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Marianna
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12/24/05 10:57 AM
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Re: Simplification of insidious sentences
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Logwood
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12/24/05 11:41 AM
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"whine and dine"?
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Logwood
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12/24/05 02:23 PM
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Re: "whine and dine"?
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inselpeter
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12/24/05 02:27 PM
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far from out-of-sight? booby-prize?
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Logwood
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12/24/05 03:27 PM
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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12/24/05 03:36 PM
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inselpeter
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12/24/05 03:44 PM
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consuelo
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12/24/05 03:59 PM
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Re: far from out-of-sight? booby-prize?
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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12/24/05 04:28 PM
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Two more insidious sentences
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Logwood
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12/24/05 05:36 PM
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Re: Two more insidious sentences
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maverick
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12/24/05 06:08 PM
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Present at the Creation
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themilum
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12/24/05 07:06 PM
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Re: Two more insidious sentences
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consuelo
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12/24/05 07:23 PM
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Re: too, more inside-ious sentences
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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12/24/05 07:27 PM
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Re: too, more inside-ious sentences
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Logwood
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12/24/05 07:46 PM
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consuelo
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12/24/05 08:17 PM
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inselpeter
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12/24/05 08:18 PM
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consuelo
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12/24/05 08:37 PM
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inselpeter
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12/24/05 08:58 PM
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Logwood
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12/24/05 10:19 PM
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inselpeter
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12/24/05 10:22 PM
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Logwood
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12/24/05 10:26 PM
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consuelo
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12/24/05 10:31 PM
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Marianna
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12/25/05 05:24 PM
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Logwood
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12/25/05 06:19 PM
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tsuwm
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12/25/05 06:31 PM
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Faldage
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12/26/05 12:55 PM
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spot-on, inselpeter
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Logwood
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12/28/05 07:48 PM
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Re: Two more insidious sentences
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Faldage
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12/25/05 12:20 AM
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Re: gobsmack
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yeocomico
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12/29/05 09:30 AM
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Re: gobsmack
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maverick
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12/29/05 02:06 PM
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Re: gobsmack
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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12/29/05 04:01 PM
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Re: gobsmack
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Bingley
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01/18/06 04:36 AM
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Re: gobsmack
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AnnaStrophic
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12/29/05 04:01 PM
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Um...another word on green
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Jackie
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12/31/05 03:52 AM
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Re: Um...another word on green
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wofahulicodoc
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01/01/06 01:34 AM
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