Sending (noun)

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Kangiten

#113335 Tue, 28 Jun 05 03:53 PM

Is "sending", when used as a noun and meaning "the operation of sending messages", uncountable? Can you write "the report will list the correct message sendings" or should I use a noun as in "the report will list the correct sending operations"?

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Kangiten

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rvw

#113419 Wed, 29 Jun 05 12:56 AM

"Sendings" is countable, but it's not the word most people would choose. I would use "transmissions."

dictionary.com has:

transmission

n 1: the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmittal, transmitting] 2: communication by means of transmitted signals 3: the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance [syn: transmittance] 4: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted [syn: infection, contagion] 5: the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle [syn: transmission system]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

rvw

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CalifJim

#113503 Wed, 29 Jun 05 07:13 AM

I think we need more context here. Lacking that, how about:

The report will list the proper way to send messages.
The report will list the correct methods for sending messages.

???

CJ

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Kangiten

#113544 Wed, 29 Jun 05 10:24 AM

Thanks for replying. The context is the following: an automated system sends batches of messages to various communication media (like e-mail, phone numbers etc). A report is then generated to summarise what went correctly and what went wrong. By "correct sendings", I mean "the batches of messages that were sent without problems".

Transmission doesn't sound bat at all :D

Thanks for all the help.

Kangiten

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