Verbal Noun vs Gerund. Specific Example.
Hello everyone.

I have a sentence and cannot decide what to use there: verbal noun or gerund?

If you think that we can wait with deploying (the deployment of?) all new enhancements on DEV...

What is better to use? or probably both are right? Is there any difference in meaning when either of them is used?

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Verbal Noun vs Gerund. Specific Example.
Hello everyone.

I have a sentence and cannot decide what to use there: verbal noun or gerund?

If you think that we can wait with deploying (the deployment of?) all new enhancements on DEV...

What is better to use? or probably both are right? Is there any difference in meaning when either of them is used?

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Thank you a lot! I see that initially I used the wrong word (to wait with). Now I see that here is more accent on "what", i.e. noun, that's why "deployment" is a better option (if to use with "to postpone")

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I would agree with Kamila. I would also add that using the gerund implies an action. Therefore, if the context of the sentence intends to convey a delay rather than a postponment;  then deploying would be the better option.

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I would say: if you think we can postpone the deployment of

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