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Zoltán Király Posted 4 years ago
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Defer loading of... or Defer loading the... Which one sounds more natural?

1. Defer loading the gruvbox-theme package.

2. Defer loading of the gruvbox-theme package.


Which is the natural sounding one? They are both commands in the imperative form.


Context:

In this context defer means to postpone. The "gruvbox-theme" is the name of a package used by a computer software.

  

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Here are the usual choices when you have a nominal -ing with an object. 1. V-ing (the) [object] 2.

— CalifJim

  • Here are the usual choices when you have a nominal -ing with an object.
  • 1.
  • V-ing (the) [object] 2.
  • the V-ing of (the) [object] So in your example, you have these choices: Defer loading the ...
  • package.
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Here are the usual choices when you have a nominal -ing with an object.

1. V-ing (the) [object]
2. the V-ing of (the) [object]

So in your example, you have these choices:

Defer loading the ... package.
Defer the loading of the ... package.

To my ear, the first is more natural. In fact, it seems to me that the form of th

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