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Surfer Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Foundation or Founding

Hello, everyone.

In the following qoutation:

"Since its founding in 1997, MediaTek has democratized the global market .." Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaTek

-Can we instead say/write foundation? Isn't that what it bestly should've been?

Thank you.
  

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The sentence appears to have been written by an American; "foundation" is rarely used in this sense in American English. COCA seems to confirm that: "since its founding in" -- 111 results "since its foundation in" -- 5 results

— Ozzourti

  • The sentence appears to have been written by an American; "foundation" is rarely used in this sense in American English.
  • COCA seems to confirm that: "since its founding in" -- 111 results "since its foundation in" -- 5 results
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The sentence appears to have been written by an American; "foundation" is rarely used in this sense in American English.

COCA seems to confirm that:
"since its founding in" -- 111 results
"since its foundation in" -- 5 results
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