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Images two through 21 showcase ? Failed to understand that.

 
 
Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 08:14 am

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The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition lets us see beyond the capabilities of our unaided eyes. Almost 2000 entries from 70 countries vied for recognition in the 37th annual contest, which celebrates photography through a microscope. Images two through 21 showcase the contest's winners in order, and are followed by a selection of other outstanding works. Scientists and photographers turned their attention on a wide range of subjects, both living and man-made, from lacewing larva to charged couple devices, sometimes magnifying them over 2000 times their original size. -- Lane Turner (38 photos total)
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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/10/nikon_small_world_photomicrogr.html
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 10:24 am
@oristarA,
Images two through 21 showcase the contest's winners in order,

Pictures from 2 to 21 showcase [show in a fashion/manner/way meant to highlight] the contest's winners in order
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 10:53 am
Using "through" like that is an American English thing. "Two through twenty-one" means "from two to twenty-one inclusive"
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 12:18 pm
@JTT,

Yes. And it was misleading because it was badly written: two through twenty-one or 2 through 21 would have been more readily understood.
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 12:53 pm
@McTag,
two through 21

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Yes. And it was misleading because it was badly written: two through twenty-one or 2 through 21 would have been more readily understood.


For native speakers, it would have to be someone who wasn't sentient for them to not understand.
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 10:54 pm
Thank you all.
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