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 #2 (permalink) Sun May 20, 2007 14:12 pm funding and funds |
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Hi Fangfang,
I am not a maven of Business English, but I think they can be synonymous.
Short of funds=short of money, financial resources
short of funding=short of financing,financial resources.
MM and Amy are pundits in this field.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon May 21, 2007 14:22 pm funding and funds |
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No pundit I. I agree with Pam (except 'funding', not 'founding')-- pretty much synonymous in many cases, except of course when speaking of a specific fund (a discrete money reserve).
In your example, I sense the implied difference between 'short of funds' (no money available) and 'short of funding' (no money-raising process / money-supplying source available)-- and I think you will find that that difference applies in other cases where the writer has made a conscious choice between the two words.
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| #4 (permalink) Mon May 21, 2007 14:40 pm funding and funds |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
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No pundit I. I agree with Pam (except 'funding', not 'founding')-- pretty much synonymous in many cases, except of course when speaking of a specific fund (a discrete money reserve).
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Oops, MM, I meant 'funding', of course.. Founding was simply a typo. Thank you for pointing that out. |
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