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programs most easily install

English translation: programs install most easily / are easiest to install

12:23 Apr 18, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software / usage
English term or phrase: programs most easily install
In the sentence below - can I say "programs most easily install" instead of "are most easily installed" ?

Is such usage correct ?

Also, does the sentence in general sound natural in English ?

Thank you in adavance !

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The practice shows that Java programs most easily install on SonyEricsson and Nokia phones.
Alexander Onishko
Selected answer:programs install most easily / are easiest to install
Explanation:
NO, you can't! It sounds really unnatural, but you can use your suggested wording with just a tiny change to the word order. However, I would still recommend changing it a little further, as I've suggested above:

programs are easiest to install

or

it is easiest to install programs

or

progams can be most easily installed

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-04-18 12:43:20 GMT)
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It's also quite important to make it clear whether Java programs are the best ones to install on these phones, or whether these phones are the best ones to use for Java programs; at the moment, it's fairly ambiguous
Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 15:58
Grading comment
many thanks to all ! Still, Tony's explanation was most helpful for me
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +8are most easily installed
David Cahill
5 +3programs install most easily / are easiest to install
Tony M
5 +1Experience/available information/data shows that Java programs can most/more easily be
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
5programs most compatible with
Hakki Ucar


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
are most easily installed


Explanation:
The passive sounds much more natural in this context.
"Practice shows that......" not "The practice"

David Cahill
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Good point, David!
14 mins
  -> thanks, tony
agree  Alison Jenner
28 mins
  -> thanks, alison
agree  Jack Doughty
38 mins
  -> thanks, jack
agree  airmailrpl: -
41 mins
  -> thans, airmailrpl
agree  Robert Fox
52 mins
  -> thanks, robert
agree  Elena Aleksandrova
1 hr
  -> thanks, elena
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
  -> thanks, marju
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 6 hrs
  -> thanks, sophia
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Experience/available information/data shows that Java programs can most/more easily be


Explanation:
installed on SonyEricsson and Nokia phones.

Several possibilities using the conditional and/or modals

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-04-18 12:37:01 GMT)
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"he practise" sounds all wrong to me.

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 15:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: wrong to me too!
11 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
programs install most easily / are easiest to install


Explanation:
NO, you can't! It sounds really unnatural, but you can use your suggested wording with just a tiny change to the word order. However, I would still recommend changing it a little further, as I've suggested above:

programs are easiest to install

or

it is easiest to install programs

or

progams can be most easily installed

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-04-18 12:43:20 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

It's also quite important to make it clear whether Java programs are the best ones to install on these phones, or whether these phones are the best ones to use for Java programs; at the moment, it's fairly ambiguous

Tony M
France
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
many thanks to all ! Still, Tony's explanation was most helpful for me
Notes to answerer
Asker: P.S. these phones are the best ones to use for Java programs (at least for the Java program in question)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lynn Cox
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Lynn!
agree  Robert Fox
51 mins
  -> Thanks, Robert!
agree  Can Altinbay: I don't support passive voice here.
2 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
programs most compatible with


Explanation:
The practice shows that Java programs most compatible with SonyEricsson and Nokia phones.

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Note added at 30 mins (2007-04-18 12:54:04 GMT)
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The practice shows that Java programs are most compatible with SonyEricsson and Nokia phones.

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Note added at 33 mins (2007-04-18 12:56:29 GMT)
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This issue is a matter of compatibility not matter of installation convenience.

Hakki Ucar
Türkiye
Local time: 16:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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