English Question

[chrisc90]

Well, "mechanic" is a noun so it doesn't have a participle.
A mechanic works with mechanical items.
He doesn't mechanic.
In the same way that an aardvark doesn't aardvark, a human doesn't human and a pencil doesn't pencil.
Some nouns do create a verb form though not neccessarily being the subject of the verb themselves.
A Hoover might hoover, and a drill might drill, but a fish doesn't fish. (Ignoring the angler fish, naturally).

A mechanic mechanizes.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... /mechanize

(So it is mechanizing)

Id disagree on that one.

[chrisc90]

I've never ever heard the word 'mechanize' to describe a person (mechanic) that fixes something.

Imagine saying, " i'm taking my car to the mechanic so he can mechanize it" Sounds totally stupid. You would say your taking it to get 'repaired' or get 'fixed'.

For it to be used right in speech, you need to change the context of your sentence and how you are using it.


https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... h/mechanic

mechanize - is effectively the automation of something.

[TimW]

I've never ever heard the word 'mechanize' to describe a person (mechanic) that fixes something.

Imagine saying, " i'm taking my car to the mechanic so he can mechanize it" Sounds totally stupid. You would say your taking it to get 'repaired' or get 'fixed'.

For it to be used right in speech, you need to change the context of your sentence and how you are using it.


https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... h/mechanic

mechanize - is effectively the automation of something.

And yet your car is a mechanized wagon. While mechanic may be mostly used nowadays as someone who repairs or maintains a machine, it can also be someone who builds a machine.

It may not be the everyday use, but the word mechanic is derived from mechanize. You will also not often accuse your doctor of doctoring something, yet the words have the same origin.

[Just_a_fan]

I've never ever heard the word 'mechanize' to describe a person (mechanic) that fixes something.

Imagine saying, " i'm taking my car to the mechanic so he can mechanize it" Sounds totally stupid. You would say your taking it to get 'repaired' or get 'fixed'.

For it to be used right in speech, you need to change the context of your sentence and how you are using it.


https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... h/mechanic

mechanize - is effectively the automation of something.

And yet your car is a mechanized wagon. While mechanic may be mostly used nowadays as someone who repairs or maintains a machine, it can also be someone who builds a machine.

It may not be the everyday use, but the word mechanic is derived from mechanize. You will also not often accuse your doctor of doctoring something, yet the words have the same origin.

In English, the word is mechanise, s not z. USian uses the z.

When one mechanises something, one is using mechanical systems to replace human labour. One mechanises a factory, for example, to enable more cars to be built. The factory doesn't mechanise cars, it builds them. The people in the factory don't mechanise cars, they build them. The output of the factory, the cars, then mechanise the population - the car replaces the human labour of walking/carrying things long distances.

As for doctors, one wouldn't say "I'm going to see a doctor so he can doctor me"

[TimW]

In English, the word is mechanise, s not z. USian uses the z.

When one mechanises something, one is using mechanical systems to replace human labour. One mechanises a factory, for example, to enable more cars to be built. The factory doesn't mechanise cars, it builds them. The people in the factory don't mechanise cars, they build them. The output of the factory, the cars, then mechanise the population - the car replaces the human labour of walking/carrying things long distances.

As for doctors, one wouldn't say "I'm going to see a doctor so he can doctor me"

More correctly the mechanization of wagons replaced horse labour.

Ah, yes, ise or ize. I love upsetting my British colleagues with that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ ... _-ization)

[Big Tea]

Well, "mechanic" is a noun so it doesn't have a participle.
A mechanic works with mechanical items.
He doesn't mechanic.
In the same way that an aardvark doesn't aardvark, a human doesn't human and a pencil doesn't pencil.
Some nouns do create a verb form though not neccessarily being the subject of the verb themselves.
A Hoover might hoover, and a drill might drill, but a fish doesn't fish. (Ignoring the angler fish, naturally).

A mechanic mechanizes.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... /mechanize

(So it is mechanizing)

Id disagree on that one.

Me too. Mechanising means making something mechanically operate.
Example Mechanised infantry

[Just_a_fan]

In English, the word is mechanise, s not z. USian uses the z.

When one mechanises something, one is using mechanical systems to replace human labour. One mechanises a factory, for example, to enable more cars to be built. The factory doesn't mechanise cars, it builds them. The people in the factory don't mechanise cars, they build them. The output of the factory, the cars, then mechanise the population - the car replaces the human labour of walking/carrying things long distances.

As for doctors, one wouldn't say "I'm going to see a doctor so he can doctor me"

More correctly the mechanization of wagons replaced horse labour.

Ah, yes, ise or ize. I love upsetting my British colleagues with that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ ... _-ization)

Well, it is our language.

[TimW]

A mechanic mechanizes.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... /mechanize

(So it is mechanizing)

Id disagree on that one.

Me too. Mechanising means making something mechanically operate.
Example Mechanised infantry

Now I am getting curious. What would you call someone who mechanizes (sorry, mechanises ) a process, someone who makes / assembles a machine?
I would typically use 'technician', but 'mechanic' seems OK to me too, if maybe archaic in that context.

[Big Tea]

sorry, double post
sorry tim please see below

[Big Tea]

Id disagree on that one.

Me too. Mechanising means making something mechanically operate.
Example Mechanised infantry

Now I am getting curious. What would you call someone who mechanizes (sorry, mechanises ) a process, someone who makes / assembles a machine?
I would typically use 'technician', but 'mechanic' seems OK to me too, if maybe archaic in that context.

Yes, and if he made it function he would still be a mechanic, and 'it' would be mechansed.

[Big Tea]

I've never ever heard the word 'mechanize' to describe a person (mechanic) that fixes something.

Imagine saying, " i'm taking my car to the mechanic so he can mechanize it" Sounds totally stupid. You would say your taking it to get 'repaired' or get 'fixed'.

For it to be used right in speech, you need to change the context of your sentence and how you are using it.


https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... h/mechanic

mechanize - is effectively the automation of something.

And yet your car is a mechanized wagon. While mechanic may be mostly used nowadays as someone who repairs or maintains a machine, it can also be someone who builds a machine.

It may not be the everyday use, but the word mechanic is derived from mechanize. You will also not often accuse your doctor of doctoring something, yet the words have the same origin.

You are correct, it is a mechanic. If the 'person' was an engine, he/she would be a mechanical. (mechanism if you prefer)

[chrisc90]

A engineer?

[Rodak]

Under the slogan "F1technical.net is good for you", we will one day all be able to speak decent english

Well, I keep my fingers crossed that the masses will someday learn the difference between 'braking' and 'breaking'.....

[Big Tea]

A engineer?

I was near an engine once

[henry]

Artificer must be in the running for something.