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After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case.

1) Does 'scandal' sound proper in this sentence? It should mean a socially shocking incident. Yes. But you don't really 'expose' a scandal.

2) Does 'is following like domino effect' make sense? If you mean that each one causes the next one.

3) Did I use colon right way? I think you are packing too much into one sentence.

4) Is this sentence clearly understandable? I would write it as follows. Note the tenses.

Since the reporting of the scandal about the academic degree faked by Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, there has been a continual 'outing' of other celebrities with fake degrees, like a domino effect. Ms. Yun’s confession that she did not attend Ewha Univ. is one such case.

Best wishes, Clive

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Believer · Answer

Thank you, Clive.

What is the difference, if any, between using "a continual coming out" and "a continual 'outing'" in terms of structural correctness, not considering its grammatical or semantical correctness? Can we say "a continual coming out" as a countable noun (sense), not it to mean "coming out in a sexual nature (or way),"; and using it as a gerund being used as a countable noun. Is "coming out" a gerund? I think a gerund is one that having the characteristic of both verb and noun. If it could, how would you see it as -- as the first mention of a countable noun or as an instance of the uncountable noun "coming out"? Sorry if my question is ambiguous.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case.

What is the difference, if any, between using "a continual coming out" and "a continual 'outing'" in terms of structural correctness, not considering its grammatical or semantical correctness? Can we say "a continual coming out" as a countable noun (sense), not it to mean "coming out in a sexual nature (or way),"; and using it as a gerund being used as a countable noun. Is "coming out" a gerund? I think a gerund is one that having the characteristic of both verb and noun. If it could, how would you see it as -- as the first mention of a countable noun or as an instance of the uncountable noun "coming out"? Sorry if my question is ambiguous.

I'm not sure what you are asking . I see both 'coming out' and 'outing' as gerunds. I suppose you could, if you wanted to, talk about 'several comings out' or 'several outings', although the plural forms do sound awkward and umcommon.

Best wishes, Clive

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