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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

A ringing cellphone

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NEW YORK — It’s the dreaded sound at any live performance — a ringing cellphone.
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A cellphone is not sound, so would it be correct to say "a cellphone ringtone," not a ringing cellphone?
  

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HUBLOT A cellphone is not sound, so would it be correct to say "a cellphone ringtone," not a ringing cellphone? I supposed you can say that. But natural English sometimes creates its own logic.

— Dimsumexpress

  • HUBLOT A cellphone is not sound, so would it be correct to say "a cellphone ringtone," not a ringing cellphone?
  • I supposed you can say that.
  • But natural English sometimes creates its own logic.
  • Imagine: You are in a concert hall.
  • The symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven #5, Right in the middle of it, your cellphone started ringing Michael Jackson's " Beat It", and everyone is looking at you.
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HUBLOTA cellphone is not sound, so would it be correct to say "a cellphone ringtone," not a ringing cellphone?
I supposed you can say that. But natural English sometimes creates its own logic.
Imagine: You are in a concert hall. The symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven #5, Right in the middle of it, your cellphone started ringing Michael Jackson's " Be
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Thank you, dimsumexpress.

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May I ask how these sentences sound to you? The first one sounds good to me.
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