Can I omit the noun this way?

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tuyetnhungtsc@gmail.com - 22 Jan 2009 22:14 GMT

Hi all,
I intend to write this sentence: "In addition, we develop a
mathematical model to approximate the optimal transformation by a more
computational efficient transformation". However, since in the other
sentences of the paragraph, I use a lot of "transformation ", I am
wondering if I can omit the noun "transformation" after the "optimal"
in the above sentence?

Specifically, can I write as follows?

"In addition, we develop a mathematical model to approximate the
optimal by a more computational efficient transformation".

Does it sound better to you?

One more version, how about "In addition, we develop a mathematical
model to approximate the optimal transformation by a more
computational efficient one".

Thanks

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HVS - 22 Jan 2009 22:19 GMT

On 22 Jan 2009, wrote

> Hi all,
> I intend to write this sentence: "In addition, we develop a
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> mathematical model to approximate the optimal transformation by
> a more computational efficient one".

I'd say that's better, as the referrant of "one" in the first version
is (presumably) in a previous sentence. This version keeps them in
order, within the same sentence.

Unless there's a piece of technical jargon going on here, I would
have expected the final phrase to be "a more computationally
efficient transformation/one".

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Peter Groves - 22 Jan 2009 22:21 GMT

> Hi all,
> I intend to write this sentence: "In addition, we develop a
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>
> Thanks

You need a pronoun to replace the omitted noun, so (3) works but (2)
doesn't.

Peter Groves

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Mark Brader - 23 Jan 2009 02:15 GMT

"Tuyetnhungtsc":

> I intend to write this sentence: "In addition, we develop a
> mathematical model to approximate the optimal transformation by a more
> computational efficient transformation". However, since in the other
> sentences of the paragraph, I use a lot of "transformation ", I am
> wondering if I can omit the noun "transformation" after the "optimal"
> in the above sentence?

No.

> Specifically, can I write as follows?
>
> "In addition, we develop a mathematical model to approximate the
> optimal by a more computational efficient transformation".

No.

> One more version, how about "In addition, we develop a mathematical
> model to approximate the optimal transformation by a more
> computational efficient one".

Yes, this is what you should do. Also, "computational" is wrong:
the adjective-noun pair "computational efficiency" produces the
adverb-adjective pair "*computationally* efficient".

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Can I omit the noun this way?