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Discover LudwigThe phrase "afterwards a second" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a subsequent event or action, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "Afterwards, a second attempt was made to resolve the issue."
Alternatives: "subsequently a second" or "later a second".
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Its central mystery – the subject of considerable reflection – is the snapping of first one shoelace, and then very soon afterwards a second.
But soon afterwards a second statement said: "Following extensive consultation with a number of agencies, the AFP has decided it will not be seeking a further control order in respect of Mr Hicks".
Afterwards, a second questionnaire was used to assess the degree of implementability of the properties.
Afterwards, a second draft was prepared, and input solicited from a panel of reviewers from industry and external stakeholders.
Afterwards, a second low-dose CT scan was obtained for attenuation correction of the [18F]FLT scan.
In particular, for all experimental scenarios with plastics films and granules, the BR curves always exhibited a slowly drop as melting started and then a sharp increase followed by a deep decrease corresponding to the first stage of intense decomposition, afterwards a second increase – drop section corresponding to the second stage of decomposition appeared.
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Shortly afterwards, a first group of more than 350 children were released by armed groups.
Afterwards, a fourth researcher, who had English as his native language, translated the Greek questionnaire into English ("translation backwards") [41].
A third group recalled the personal experiences but did not learn the story afterwards; a fourth group did neither reactivate the autobiographical memories, nor learn the story.
Afterwards, a fifth haplogroup – now known as X2a – was described in Native Americans, but in contrast to the four "pan-American" haplogroups, its geographic distribution is restricted to some Amerindian populations of northern North America [8] [12].
Afterwards, a first version of the questionnaire was pretested in four fifth grade classes (N=95) and additionally in two classes (N=14) in schools for children with special needs to eliminate items hard to understand as well as items with poor psychometric quality.
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