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Would breathing on it (wide open mouth air blow, I'm not a native speaker) work as well but be contactless way of achieving it?





“Breathing on” works as you intended (like breathing on a cold window to make it foggy); the alternative “blowing on” does not.

> I'm not a native speaker

You got it (mostly) right :-) Just one minor mistake: a native would write, "Would breathing on it be a contactless way..." in order to indicate that this is only one of several possibilities. You could also say, "Would breathing on it be the contactless way..." in order to indicate that this was the only possibility.

The rule here is really weird. The qualifier is only required when there is a singular noun being used as an object. "Breathing is way of doing it" sounds weird, but "Breathing and licking are ways of doing it" does not.

"English is super-weird" sounds right. "English is super-weird language" sound weird.




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