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Ricky06 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

ambiguity in date

0 In the following sentence:02br
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00 Please indicate your availability on March 1.02br
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00 Which way will it be interpreted?02br
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00 #1 indicate on March 102br
00 #2 your availability on March 102br
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00 Is there better ways to avoid the ambiguity, if any?02br
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00 Thanks.02br
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0 It will be interpreted as #2 close to 100% of the time. Although you can make a case for #1 also being correct, I don't see a need to clear up any ambiguity. 0-

— Danyoo

  • 0 It will be interpreted as #2 close to 100% of the time.
  • Although you can make a case for #1 also being correct, I don't see a need to clear up any ambiguity.
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0 It will be interpreted as #2 close to 100% of the time. Although you can make a case for #1 also being correct, I don't see a need to clear up any ambiguity. 0-
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0It may be interpreted either way. I would suggest rewriting the sentence as:02br
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00#1 Please indicate your availability for March 1. 02br
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00or02br
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00#2 Please indicate your availability by March 1.02br
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00However, the second option changes the meaning slightly so that the reader can indicate his/h
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0 yeah, i agree with danyoo...but, technically both are correct interpretations! 0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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01font00Please indicate your availability on March 1.02br
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01font00#1 indicate on March 102br
00#2 your availability on March 102br
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00I see it as ambiguous. As already noted, there are various ways to reword it
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0 01font00I see it as ambiguous. As already noted, there are various ways to reword it, including02font02br
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01font00On March 1, please indicate your availability.02br
00Please indicate whether you will be available on March 1.02font02br
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00I could argue the s
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01cite10Danyoo12cite11font10I see it as ambiguous. As already noted, there are various ways to reword it, including12font12br
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11font10On March 1, please indicate your availability.12br
10Please indicate whether you will be available on Mar
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