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I have the following sentence:
" Case studies with changing number of buildings and changing peak powers of the PV systems"
My question is, wether I should get rid of one of the 'changing'. So basically it would be like this:
" Case studies with changing number of buildings and peak powers of the PV systems"
I'd appreciate every comment. Thanks in advance
EDITS:
I have the following sentences: [Neither is a sentence.]
" Case studies with changing numbers of buildings and changing peak powers of the PV systems"
My question is, whether I should get rid of one of the 'changings'. So basically it would be like this:
" Case studies with changing numbers of buildings and peak powers of the PV systems"
I'd appreciate every comment. Thanks . [It's obviously in advance. We haven't anwered yet.]
COMMENTS:
Either phrase is fine. The first is a little less ambiguous, but the meaning is clear enough in the second. If it's a legal contract, use the first. Otherwise, you're fine leaving out the second changing.
The second half of the sentence, which you omitted, might be better on its own. It might be helpful to the reader to break up these thoughts.
Several case studies change the number of buildings [1, 3, 5] while other case studies change the peak powers of the PV systems [2, 4, 5].
The first thought disambiguates the two classes of case studies. Adding references to the case studies would help the reader know which studies go with which class.
This part was omitted in the OP's example. But the second though could continue with
The case studies in which the number of buildings were changed suggest...
The case studies in which the peak powers of the PV systems were changed recommend...
