Analysis of the given that structure in sentences
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This post was last edited by zhangjuhua on 2015-10-15 09:31. Pressure equipment shall be designed to prevent risks from such misuse, or, if that is not possible, adequate warnings shall be provided indicating that the pressure equipment should not be used in that manner. When designing pressure equipment, it is necessary to prevent the risks arising from such misuse; or, if that is not feasible, appropriate warnings must be given to inform users that the equipment should not be used in that way. Is it possible that “shall be” is omitted before “given”? In other words: adequate warning shall be given that the pressure equipment shall not be used in that way. Does “that” modify “warning”, or is “given that” used as a phrase meaning “as long as, considering that”? ； Assume that it is known that “Please give some guidance. Thank you”
Pressure equipment shall be designed to prevent risks from such misuse or, if that is not possible, adequate warning shall be given that the pressure equipment shall not be used in that way. The word \"which is\" should be omitted before \"given\" here; it is an attributive clause. Personally, I think whether ‘shall’ is included or not does not affect the understanding of the sentence’s meaning. I think your understanding is correct.
Adding “which is” doesn’t seem to work very well either. Is this okay? … An adequate warning that the pressure equipment shall not be used in that way must be given. Is that so? Is it grammatically correct? I can’t remember exactly
Do you think that “given that” are used together, with “that” modifying “warning” and serving as an adjective for it?
I wasn’t good at Chinese; it’s in English that I had to figure out all those things like subject, predicate, attributives and so on. . . :Personally, I think “prevent risks from such misuse” means “given that”.
It seems that…an adequate warning that the pressure equipment shall not be used in that way shall be given. Simply put, \"shall be\" has been omitted; it seems that what is introduced by \"that\" is not an attributive clause but an appositive clause, serving to modify \"adequate warning\"
I agree with the original poster: adequate warning shall be given that the pressure equipment shall not be used in that way.