reduce/reduction

English translation: may seem to reduce

08:42 Dec 20, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright / usage
English term or phrase: reduce/reduction
Is this pair "reduce/reduction" used correctly in the passage below ?
Especially I am not sure about "the reduction".

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We understand that the suggested amendments may seem as reducing the scope of protection. However, the reduction is insignificant in our opinion.
Alexander Onishko
Selected answer:may seem to reduce
Explanation:
the "reduction" is fine (you might like to use "this reduction"), but the first sentence should be "...the suggested amendments may seem to reduce..."
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Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 22:25
Grading comment
many thanks to everyone !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +9may seem to limit
Edith Kelly
4 +3may seem to reduce
Marie-Hélène Hayles


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
may seem to reduce


Explanation:
the "reduction" is fine (you might like to use "this reduction"), but the first sentence should be "...the suggested amendments may seem to reduce..."

Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 22:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
many thanks to everyone !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  William [Bill] Gray: Or use "ANY (apparent) reduction"
1 min
  -> yes, that would also work.

agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr

agree  RHELLER: agree with "to reduce" but would change reduction to "the extent of the reduction "
9 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
may seem to limit


Explanation:
however, this limitation

one does not reduce the scope of protection but one limits it in patents and the like

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Note added at 38 mins (2006-12-20 09:20:42 GMT)
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try to google:
limit the scope of protection ca. 12000 entries
reduce the scope of protection ca. 115 entries

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 22:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  William [Bill] Gray: Good point!
14 mins
  -> Thanx Bill.

agree  kmtext
22 mins

agree  Marie-Hélène Hayles: good point - I hadn't noticed we were talking about patents!
51 mins

agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington: Nice.
1 hr

agree  Mehmet Hascan: Also "may seem to restrict the scope of protection" http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/docs/databases...
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, that would be another option if used as a verb but one does not really talk about "restriction of the scope of protection"

agree  conejo: yes, "limit" is much better
10 hrs

agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: Great!
16 hrs

agree  CHEN-Ling
3 days 7 hrs

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
3 days 7 hrs
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