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MUSCOVITE Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"thanks to the use of smth" VS "thanks to using smth"

Hi,

Example: We could accomplist this task thanks to the use of modern technologies. (1)

I guess this sentence is perfect English?

What if I modify it as follows:

We could accomplist this task thanks to using modern technologies.(2)

Is (2) grammatical?

I notice that "thanks to the use of" is used MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY in the Internet... If you could comment on this alternative ( noun VS -ing) ?

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I would not say "... thanks to the use of modern technology or technologies". I wouldn't say it's necessarily incorrect; it just seems an odd wording to me.

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I would not say "... thanks to the use of modern technology or technologies". I wouldn't say it's necessarily incorrect; it just seems an odd wording to me. I would say "... thanks to modern technology or technologies" or "with or through the use of modern technology or technologies".

I definitely would not say "... thanks to using ...". I would say it's gramma
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Thank you KrisBlueNZ!
KrisBlueNZI definitely would not say "... thanks to using ...". I would say it's grammatically incorrect.
If you could clarify the following point?

(1) Are you saying that "... thanks to using ..." does not work in this specific case (= "We could accomplish...modern technologies")? or
(2) The construct "thanks to usin
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"... thanks to using ..." is wrong in any context I can think of.
"... thanks to the use of ..." is appropriate in some contexts, but in "... thanks to the use of modern technology", the use of seems redundant.
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