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Hi Grammar Geek, Thank you sou much for your comments, they are very helpful! Yes, they are indeed resume bullets (not sentences!) that are supposed to sum up the activities of the institute. Now, to answer your questions: 1. - test stands=a kind of tables endowed with various devices for...

1) The scene was rockin', all were digging the sound (translation: the scene was going on, all were enjoying the sound/music); "The scene" was the party. It was "rockin" meaning everyone was having a good time. We were all enjoying the music is good. 2) Igor on chains backed by his baying...

Yes, but I wonder why of is wrong. As I know, this preposition may be used between two nouns to make the genitive. Moment is a noun, and so is time. Maybe this misunderstanding comes from Russian because the verbatim translation of the phrase would be in the genitive (Moment of what? Moment of...

Hello Muriel, 1) "Ms.Kate, a friend of her mother's...." (what is the meaning of her mother's here. Shouldn't it be "a friend of her mother or her mother's friend" ?) This "double genative" is commonly used with people, and particularly in the construction in your example. "her mother's friend"...

Clive wrote:I like this kind of posts <-- it seems it's used this way too. I can't recollect hearing this version at all. Hi, Clive, You mean you've not ever heard it in Canada? I think you read expressions like that in the EF. At least, I did, and they were used by natives. CalifJim...

Hi again, Actually, it is not my own composition but a translation. So I think I should keep some words that the original author wrote. I've put them in bold. Can you tell me whether they are awkward or not? OK, I'll just look at those. And after I read your comment, I found the word...

aiming at the description of translating and translations ‘‘as they manifest themselves in the world of our experience’’OK. Now I see more clearly what you're asking. One of the meanings of the true noun is basically the same as the meaning of the gerund. The other meaning of the true noun...

CalifJim wrote:I'm assuming that you are talking about cases where both are used as nouns: a true noun (translation) and a gerund (translating)......... ......... Yes, that's exactly the answer I was seeking. Thank you!

I'm assuming that you are talking about cases where both are used as nouns: a true noun (translation) and a gerund (translating). Whether it's a major or minor mistake to mix them depends on the verb from which the nouns are derived. Sometimes the meanings are very close; sometimes they...

Yes it is a mistake to mix them up. The 'ing' forms are verbs and the 'ion' forms are nouns. You can't use a verb where you should use a noun, and you can't use a noun where you should use a verb. You can usually choose to form your sentence using either though. For example She is translating...