Marcin MiÅkowski wrote thus at 08:06 PM 28-01-14: >Try: > <token inflected="yes">conduct</token> >instead.
Thanks for the tip. I was wondering about it. >I tried your rule using our rule editor: >http://community.languagetool.org/ruleEditor/expert >and we have lots of matches, but some of them are quite useless, for >example: > >Mozart's Davide penitente (1785), his Piano Concerto KV 482 (1785), the >Clarinet Quintet (1789) and the 40th Symphony (1788) had been premiered >on the suggestion of Salieri, who supposedly conducted a performance of >it in 1791. (wikipedia) It's relevant actually. It can be revised as "who supposedly performed it in 1791." Unnecessary nominalisation is so common these days that most people put up with it to the point of ignoring it. Students often use it to make their writing sound more pompous, which is counterproductive. >You can use the following queries on corpus.byu.edu corpora: >conduct a|an|the|no [n*] of|into >conduct a|an|the|no [n*] * of|into >conduct a|an|the|no [n*] * * of|into >conduct a|an|the|no [n*] * * * of|into Yes, I'm using that (minus "the", which suggest that the noun refers to a specific thing mentioned earlier, thus the nominalisation is necessary). peace Kumâra Bhikkhu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Languagetool-devel mailing list Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel
