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Soheil1 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Incur?!

Hello.
I think 'incur' is used wrongly in:

Idle devices are apt for going to the sleeping state if the saved energy due to their sleep outweighs the overhead that switching them from the idle state to the busy state incurs on the system.
What's the right word?

Thanks in advance
  

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I wouldn't say that 'incurs' is wrong. Perhaps you might consider saying ' costs the system'. It sounds awkward to say Idle devices are apt for going to the sleeping state .

— Clive

  • I wouldn't say that 'incurs' is wrong.
  • Perhaps you might consider saying ' costs the system'.
  • It sounds awkward to say Idle devices are apt for going to the sleeping state .
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  • I'd say eg Idle devices are apt to go into the sleeping state .
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I wouldn't say that 'incurs' is wrong. Perhaps you might consider saying 'costs the system'.

It sounds awkward to say Idle devices are apt for going to the sleeping state . . .

I'd say eg Idle devices are apt to go into the sleeping state . .
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Why does it sound awkward?
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It's just not a common or standard collocation.
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