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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
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1. A turning gear noise.
2. A gear turning noise.
Are both of them correct? If different, what is it?
2. A gear turning noise.
Are both of them correct? If different, what is it?
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I don't know what piece of machinery this is, but the gears must need oiling. Gears turn and are usually quiet--as with clock mechanisms. A clock that ticks, might be said to have a turning gear noise.
- I don't know what piece of machinery this is, but the gears must need oiling.
- Gears turn and are usually quiet--as with clock mechanisms.
- A clock that ticks, might be said to have a turning gear noise.
- The actual noise might be described as a gear-turning noise.
- So #1 is correct; and #2 needs a hyphen.
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I don't know what piece of machinery this is, but the gears must need oiling. Gears turn and are usually quiet--as with clock mechanisms. A clock that ticks, might be said to have a turning gear noise. The actual noise might be described as a gear-turning noise. So #1 is correct; and #2 needs a hyphen.
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