a vertical checking of

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I wrote this sentence below, but I am confused of 'a vertical checking of'. Is it fine here?

~These arrangements will have to be completed for a vertical checking of the beams and columns.~
 
    • This is a vertical checking:

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    These are beams and columns:

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    How are you trying to fit them together?
     
    Keith Bradford said:
    This is a vertical checking:

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    These are beams and columns:

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    How are you trying to fit them together?
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    Ohh, sorry, they would be the racks, not the beams and columns; it was my mistake while writing the sentence in this thread. Actually, the beams and columns will be checked diagonally and longitudinally by a PNO wire.

    However, the main sentence in this thread would be: "These arrangements will have to be completed for a vertical checking of the fixed racks."

    Is "...for a vertical checking of the fixed racks" OK here?

    Or, "...for the vertical checking of the fixed racks"?

    Which one is more accurate?
     
    I don't know what "vertical checking" means. I have never seen/heard this before.

    I can't guess from the sentence, because "these arrangements" could mean doing anything.
     
    dojibear said:
    I don't know what "vertical checking" means. I have never seen/heard this before.

    I can't guess from the sentence, because "these arrangements" could mean doing anything.
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    Ok. Put "vertical" aside, "for a checking of the fixed racks" is okay?
     
    cidertree said:
    In your original sentence? - I don't think so.

    Please explain what the context is, and what exactly you want to say.
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    Well, I want to say: Some arrangements are required to do before/for checking the fixed racks. So, can I say it another way like: The arrangements have to be done for a thorough checking of the fixed racks?

    "...for a thorough checking of the fixed racks", or "...for the thorough checking of the fixed racks": which one is more accurate here? "a" or "the"?

    I here used the word "thorough" instead of the one "vertical".
     
    I see what you're trying to say. Your mistake is to use "checking" as an abstract noun. We really prefer verbs and adjectives to abstractions in English, so we'd be more likely to say:
    • These arrangements will have to be completed before you/we/... can check that the fixed racks are vertical.
     
    Keith Bradford said:
    I see what you're trying to say. Your mistake is to use "checking" as an abstract noun. We really prefer verbs and adjectives to abstractions in English, so we'd be more likely to say:
    • These arrangements will have to be completed before you/we/... can check that the fixed racks are vertical.
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    Thank you for your suggestion. But we often say "a good understanding of something": here is not the "understanding" an abstract noun?
     
    And what are "these arrangements"? Are they appointments on your social calendar? Are they hiring the correct people? Are they getting a pen and paper to write down the results?
     
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