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Natalia09 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Appears to be
Hallo, how can I better express the following sentence:
"At the kick-off meeting the market supervisor appears (to be) not competent or completely unprepared."
Does it sound better with "to be"or should I omit it?
Thank you!
"At the kick-off meeting the market supervisor appears (to be) not competent or completely unprepared."
Does it sound better with "to be"or should I omit it?
Thank you!
Top answer
include the 'to be' ... and replace the not with neither and or with nor.
- include the 'to be' ...
- and replace the not with neither and or with nor.
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include the 'to be' ... and replace the not with neither and or with nor.
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"Not" should be before "to be".
E.g. "It appears not to be working."
"Or" appears to be wrong here. It sounds as if he is either incompetent or unprepared.
If you use "to be" use "and" to say that you mean both.
If you use "not to be" use "nor" for the same reason.
And I'd use the past simple tense here if you mean one particular meeting.
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E.g. "It appears not to be working."
"Or" appears to be wrong here. It sounds as if he is either incompetent or unprepared.
If you use "to be" use "and" to say that you mean both.
If you use "not to be" use "nor" for the same reason.
And I'd use the past simple tense here if you mean one particular meeting.
Or I'
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