functional or function

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

we tested operation of all valves and they works OK, can i say:
“All valves are in functional”?

please correct for me.

thanks

2

Hi,

‘Functional’ suggesting ‘serving a purpose’ is too general for your sentence. I would suggest: All the valves are working or All the valves are in working order.

Alan

3

Hi,

is it also correct to say, “All the valves are functioning” or “All the valves are fully operative”?

Claudia

4

Hi Claudia,

Yes, they would both work. A couple of points to note are: ‘function’ as a verb can often be used in a medical context - the brain isn’t functioning properly and also in an idiomatic sense to describe a state of confusion as in: I don’t function properly very early in the morning. ‘Operative’ can also be used as a noun to mean ’ manual worker’.

Just thought I’d mention that.

Alan