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KaaJee Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

The making fly of something

Is there a word for the act of somebody who makes something fly? I think the verb is “to fly” I mean when somebody makes a dove or a model aeroplane or anything else fly, we can say he flies it. But when we say “the flying of the dove,” it means the act made by the dove, not by the man. When I try to refer to what the man does, I don’t know anything better to say than “the flying of the dove by somebody.” Or “the making fly of the dove,” though it sounds terrible for me, plus maybe it is incorrect, or not? Is there some simpler way to call it?
  

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I am not sure what you are asking. Here are some uses of "fly": The children run in the park and make the pigeons fly away. ) The mechanics repaired the plane so it could be safely flown .

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  • Here are some uses of "fly": The children run in the park and make the pigeons fly away.
  • ) The mechanics repaired the plane so it could be safely flown .
  • ( Passive voice.
  • ) Superman flew up to the top of a building.
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I am not sure what you are asking. Here are some uses of "fly":

The children run in the park and make the pigeons fly away. (The children scare the pigeons and they fly away.)
The mechanics repaired the plane so it could be safely flown. ( Passive voice. The pilots could fly it safely.)
Superman flew up to the top of a building.
Johnny took his kite to the park and
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The flight of the pigeon, the flight of the plane, the flight of the kite, etc -- "flight" is the noun, "flight" is the thing the flying thing does. That is what I know. And I tried to ask if there is a noun which doesn't refer to the flying thing but to the act of the one who makes it fly.
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KaaJeewhen we say “the flying of the dove,” it means the act made by the dove, not by the man.
You can add the man's role in the process by using the possessive: the man's flying of the dove; the man's flying of the model airplane, the boy's flying of the kite. These are awkward constructions, so many people rephrase them, but they are grammatically c
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Then it seems that other words should be used. Talking about a dove, if it is at first closed in something, is it correct to say that "the letting out of the dove"? I mean it may sound "letting + out of the dove (i.e. from inside the dove). Or should I say the outletting of the dove?
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KaaJeeThen it seems that other words should be used. Talking about a dove, if it is at first closed in something, is it correct to say that "the letting out of the dove"? I mean it may sound "letting + out of the dove (i.e. from inside the dove). Or should I say the outletting of the dove?
Ah! I see what you mean now. The word in English is "release" (noun).
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If the dove is in a cage, someone can free it.
That means to open the cage door so that the dove can fly to freedom.

In the case of a dog: I let my dog out into the back garden so he can get some exercise.
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You're right, it really seems as if I'd thought about releasing, but release or releasing means that the dove will be free, so it can't be used if the dove should come back. Like a carrier pigeon or a simple breeding pigeon or Noah's dove, where the point is only that the dove should fly. But if no better solution, no problem, I accept that it is so, thank you.
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KaaJeerelease or releasing means that the dove will be free, so it can't be used if the dove should come back.
False. You can still use 'release' in that situation.

CJ
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The falconer releases his hawk to hunt, and retrieves it with his lure.
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