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Fri 12 Aug, 2011 01:44 am
"design areas different from that specified in 7.3.7.1(A) " = design areas that are different from the design areas specified in 7.3.7.1(A)?
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NFPA 16 Standard for the Installation of Foam-Water Sprinkler and ...
6 Jan 2011 – (B) Where applicable occupancy standards specify design areas different from that specified in 7.3.7.1(A), the occupancy standards shall take precedence.
Not exactly, it means shall be carried out in preference to.
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
Not exactly, it means shall be carried out in preference to.
Thank you Set.
PS.
"design areas different from that specified in 7.3.7.1(A) " = design areas that are different from the design areas specified in 7.3.7.1(A)?
@oristarA,
Yes--the verb ("are") is inferred. In many cases, inserting "that are" in such a case might be considered stilted writing.
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