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searched or seeked #1 (permalink) Wed Aug 22, 2007 13:04 pm   searched or seeked
 

Hi All,

I wonder if there's a shorter (one word) expression for the following:

The database you're looking for is...

I mean something like: the searched database or the seeked database etc.
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searched or seeked #2 (permalink) Wed Aug 22, 2007 16:41 pm   searched or seeked
 

Hi Attila

'The database you're looking for' does not mean the same thing as 'the searched database'. You could say 'the database you're searching for' -- but that's actually two letters longer ('looking' has fewer letters than 'searching'). Laughing

The verb 'seek' is irregular (seek/sought/sought).
You could say 'the database sought'. That could be used as a short form of either 'the database that is being sought' OR 'the database that was being sought'.

'The database sought' sounds more formal and/or impersonal than 'the database you're looking for'.
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searched or seeked #3 (permalink) Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:45 pm   searched or seeked
 

Then is it OK if I write following?

Please note (or notice?) that the database sought is on a different server.
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searched or seeked #4 (permalink) Tue Aug 28, 2007 15:14 pm   searched or seeked
 

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It's OK, but I suppose I would only use it if all of the other messages that your program/system gives a user are equally impersonal and/or stuffy.
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