Oct 22, 2004 12:05
20 yrs ago
English term
Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
*receiving by ... of ... from ... *
English
Law/Patents
grammar
In the fragment below marked with * is it clear who receives what ? and is such a fragment acceptable from the point of view of grammar ? Thank you !
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D1 discloses a method of information processing, comprising:
*receiving by the server of non-verbal (text) input (message) from a wireless communication device ("mobile phone"),*
...,
...
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D1 discloses a method of information processing, comprising:
*receiving by the server of non-verbal (text) input (message) from a wireless communication device ("mobile phone"),*
...,
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Responses
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6 mins
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
&
English
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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227
Selected
Change "receiving" to "reception"
If you change "receiving" to "reception", I think the sentence would work a little better. But a little rephrasing might also help, to wit, put "by the server" just before "from a wireless communication device".
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5 hrs
Deborah Workman
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
United States
Telecom/new media tech, law, bus, mktg
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
300
reception by/at ... of [non-voice] ... from
Text is verbal and is speech. I think you are saying that the server is receiving non-voice communications. If this were not a telecommunications question, the distinction would be between oral and written input/messages.
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