EN: material to grind / to be ground

[beri]

something else with "to be"

1 kg par tonne de matière à broyer
is
1 kg per ton of material to grind
correct or is it only "to be ground"?
Thanks

 

[LV4-26]

Hehe, the French sentence is slightly ambiguous here. (de la matière à broyer could mean some stuff which you use to grind something else).
But basically I guess the second translation (to be ground) is correct.
Not being a native, I can't be dead cert, though.

EDIT : I've found 707 google hits for "material to be ground" which is a fairly good result for such a precise wording.

 

[beri]

to me the French sentence is clear, it's not "grinding material".
if by any chances, a native comes by, may they please tell me "dead certly" if 1) is ok

 

[LV4-26]

En attendant l'aborilingue qui tombe à pic :

1. Depending on the amount of material to grind, Jones contracts his grinders for a minimum of one day.
(http://www.vermeer.com/vcom/EnvironmentalEquipment/Line.jsp?PrdlnID=3305&NewsID=10789)
et aussi
2. It takes a hard material to grind hard material...
http://www.microgrind.com/news4.htm

Sentence #1 : here, I think to grind and to be ground would be interchangeable
Sentence #2 : Very different as you can see and of course, you couldn't use "to be ground" there. (the first "hard material" obvioulsy has an active function)

Any native around ?

 

[Benjy]

to grind or to be ground both convey the meaning, i would usually stick with to be ground though. it's the more usual contruction in my opinion. which isn't worth much hehe.

 

[Aupick]

I agree with Benjy that 'to be ground' is better, although both are possible. I think with 'to grind' the emphasis is on the grinding, as if that is the objective in itself, whereas 'to be ground' suggests that the grinding is just a means to an end.

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1 ton of material to be ground
1 ton of material to grind (but with the distinction mentioned above)
The ton of material is to be ground
The ton of material is to grind (because the material is not doing the grinding)