Relaying and using
1 - It is impossible for us to think otherwise than by relaying our five senses.

2 - It is impossible for us to think otherwise than by using our five senses.

Are they both correct ? I am unsure about the verb '' relaying '' . In the online dictionnaries I consulted it isn't said it can be used as a substitute for '' use '' . I wonder because the same goes for french dictionnaries, my native language, and yet it is sometimes used this way.

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Relaying and using
1 - It is impossible for us to think otherwise than by relaying our five senses.

2 - It is impossible for us to think otherwise than by using our five senses.

Are they both correct ? I am unsure about the verb '' relaying '' . In the online dictionnaries I consulted it isn't said it can be used as a substitute for '' use '' . I wonder because the same goes for french dictionnaries, my native language, and yet it is sometimes used this way.

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Hi Arianne,

Relaying in English is to do with the 'passing on' of something, for example 'relaying information' not by the 'use' of something so sentence 1 does not work in this respect. Sentence 2 is fine.

Lee

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Relayer à la place d'utiliser, relaying instead of use?

Relayer, c'est transmettre, relay is to transmit, ça n'a pas le même sens qu'utiliser, qui est plus direct, to use is more direct than to relay, isn'it?

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