Essay grammar question

Applying to College
1

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I’m writing an essay and came across this problem:</p>

<p>I’m talking about my “login credentials” (username and password) for a web site. No problems here.</p>

<p>Then I have: “Retrieval of login credentials”. No problems yet.</p>

<p>Here comes the tough part:</p>

<p>I want to put “Retrieval of login credentials” in the direct form:</p>

<p>“Login credential retrieval” or “Login credentials retrieval”</p>

<p>Which one is correct?</p>

<p>I don’t know if it is correct, but I prefer the first form as there are no “s” 'es.</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

2

<p>the second one (unless you want to retrieve just one <em>login credential</em>)</p>

3

<p>are you sure about that?</p>

4

<p>I can’t say I’m 100% sure, because I’m not an English, or grammar expert. But its like, “Login credential retrieval”… retrieval of what? Retrieval of login credential. Which is not what you want, right?</p>

5

<p>When in doubt, completely reword/leave out the sentence.</p>

6

<p>Just my take:</p>

<p>________ retrieval, where ________ is modifying retrieval. So, what kind of retrieval? Login credential retrieval. That would be what I’d use. For instance, you would say password retrieval, not passwords retrieval, regardless of the number of passwords involved, right?</p>

7

<p>Like I said, if something sounds awkward, leave it out or reword it… thats your safest bet.</p>

8

<p>"Just my take:</p>

<p>________ retrieval, where ________ is modifying retrieval. So, what kind of retrieval? Login credential retrieval. That would be what I’d use. For instance, you would say password retrieval, not passwords retrieval, regardless of the number of passwords involved, right?"</p>

<p>Sounds very logical… could someone confirm?</p>

9

<p>dens, what is this essay for? Why would you need to/want to put the sentence into direct form?? (i’m not saying you shouldn’t, I’m just curious as to why 1)you want this particular sentence in the essay, 2)why you want it in the direct form, and 3)why it wouldn’t be easier to just reword it?)</p>