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  1. 09-Oct-2012, 14:06 #1
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    Default measuring and manipulation? why not "measuring and manipulating"?

    Or "measurement and manipulation"?

    Using both gerunds or both nouns would look balanced and better.

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    2012 Nobel Prize in Physics

    The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems".


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  2. 10-Oct-2012, 04:00 #2
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    Default Re: measuring and manipulation? why not "measuring and manipulating"?

    It's not a very good sentence, I would probably use the measurement and manipulation.
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