which inspection step not passed. vs which inspection step was not passed.

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

Hi,

Could you tell me which is better of the two sentences:

It does not show any information as to which inspection step not passed; and
It does not show any information as to which inspection step was not passed.

Thanks a lot!

James

2

The first one looks wrong: I expect a clause after “as to”.

3

The second one.

4

Thank you both, indeed. Actually I prefer the latter, too, for the sense of language; but grammatically it seems to me (or confuses me) that “as to” may also act as a preposition, and therefore the first one could be taken as:

“It does not show any information as to (about) which inspection step (being) not passed.”

A little unnatural, but do you think it’s still possible?

5

Hi,

I don’t like the vague ‘as to’ and doesn’t ‘was not passed’ mean ‘failed’? I would simply say: It does not show any information about which inspection step failed. And what about ‘step’? Doesn’t that mean ‘stage’?

Alan

6

Thank you, Mr. Alan, for the tips. The sentence was from a technical document where ‘was not passed’ meant, as you said, failed or failed to go through (pass) a check procedure (step) in a program.

James