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Jacek From Kwidzyn (Pomesania) Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
a sentence with simple past/past perfect
Hello,
could you please point out the structure that sounds best or is just the only correct one?
The reason the latest specification was delivered by you was precisely to get rid of the quality faults communicated by you yourselves before.
or
The reason the latest specification has been delivered by you was precisely to get rid of the quality faults communicated by you yourselves before.
(Can this sentence be put in a simpler way sounding better for a native speaker??)
could you please point out the structure that sounds best or is just the only correct one?
The reason the latest specification was delivered by you was precisely to get rid of the quality faults communicated by you yourselves before.
or
The reason the latest specification has been delivered by you was precisely to get rid of the quality faults communicated by you yourselves before.
(Can this sentence be put in a simpler way sounding better for a native speaker??)
Top answer
The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults you found in our product's quality. Or: The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults found in our product's quality. Finally, this is the one I like best because it is simple: The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults in our product.
- The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults you found in our product's quality.
- Or: The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults found in our product's quality.
- Finally, this is the one I like best because it is simple: The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults in our product.
- You may use you instead of you yourselves because you is plural as well as singular.
- Either is acceptable, but omitting yourselves sounds better to natives.
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The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults you found in our product's quality.
Or:
The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults found in our product's quality.
Finally, this is the one I like best because it is simple:
The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults in our product
Or:
The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults found in our product's quality.
Finally, this is the one I like best because it is simple:
The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults in our product
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You would want "the reason the ... was delivered ...".
The bigger problem, however, is that it doesn't sound at all like English. I am having some difficulty understanding what the sentence is attempting to communicate.
It appears to say
You delivered the latest specification because we and/or you wanted to get rid of defects which you yourself spoke about or wrote abou
The bigger problem, however, is that it doesn't sound at all like English. I am having some difficulty understanding what the sentence is attempting to communicate.
It appears to say
You delivered the latest specification because we and/or you wanted to get rid of defects which you yourself spoke about or wrote abou
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