Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

modification

English answer:

modification to

Added to glossary by Andrea Bullrich
Jul 23, 2002 01:19
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English term

Modification to o modification of?

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters General
Mi pregunta es la siguiente:
En inglés se dice modification to an agenda (para decir que se modifica una parte de la agenda)
o modification of an agenda
La pregunta no tiene contexto, porque en realidad, estoy traduciendo un texto del alemán al español, que supongo, ha sido traducido del inglés al alemán.

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Сергей Лузан Jul 23, 2002:
Put your question German-Spanish, pls.

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modification to

You would say "Modification to the agenda"


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Modification, according to the Robert Collins, and other dictionaries, uses either \"to\" or \"in\". But not \"OF\"
A modification in the program, modification to the agenda, etc.

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Another example, \"The editor made several modifications \"in\" or \"to\" the text.\" Example from the Larousse Dict.
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agree swisstell
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agree Juliet Gomez (X) : correcto
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agree Piotr Kurek
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agree María Eugenia Wachtendorff : Sure. You "INTRODUCE A MODIFICATION TO"
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agree Sarah Ponting
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agree Сергей Лузан : Dos ejemplos. Re.: Collins German Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470406-1, and my modification below.
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Eso diría yo, esperemos confirmación o negación...

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NOOOOOO!!!!!! ACABI DE BUSCAR EN EL DICCIONARIO Y CONFIRMA QUE ES TO
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Agenda Changes

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AGENDA CHANGES
March 5, 2002

The following item has been added to the March 5, 2002, Regular Agenda as Item No. 6:

http://www.puc.state.or.us/agenda/pmemos/2002/030502/change....


http://www.puc.state.or.us/agenda/pmemos/2001/01pmhist.htm



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Ciao,
M.
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las dos, ver ejemplos tomados de Cobuild

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Peer comment(s):

agree Cinta Cano Barbudo : tu explicación es, sin duda, la más aclaratoria
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gracias, quizás
agree Ingrid Petit : Sobra material!
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no hay nada mejor que la explicación de un nativo, experto.
agree Сергей Лузан : Dos ejemplos con "to".Re.: Collins German Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470406-1 and my answer below.
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little grammar lesson - to or of

Ah, the intricacies of prepositions! Sometimes it takes a native speaker to unravel them, and even then . . .

You would say "the modification of an agenda" if you are referring to the ACT of modifying the agenda.

The concrete modification itself, meaning the resulting change, would best be called a "modification to an agenda."

This is the way I understand the difference, after 50 years of speaking English (well, about 48 not counting the first blissful 2 years when I didn't have to deal with teh subtleties of prepositions).

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agree Elías Sauza : gracias por la explicación
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agree Сергей Лузан : Dos ejemplos con "to".Re.: Collins German Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470406-1 For "of" - ACT/ PROCESS, I guess.Anyway, I bet you right in general (if we take into consideration my modification here & my answer below).I find last 40 years especially persuasive.
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como nativa, diría TO

si lo que es importante es la agenda (objeto receptor).
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agree Сергей Лузан : Dos ejemplos. Re.: 5. Collins German Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470406-1
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to make modifications in smth

Why not to modify the idea a little?
Good luck, materol!
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