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Musicgold Posted 14 years ago
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Are these sentences natural? March 21
Hi,
Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?
1. This approach saves the client of building the external structure and focus only on the internal structure.
2. This state-of-the-art project is expected to be the face of the client’s organization.
3. This improvement is partly attributable to A’s efforts and partly attributable to B’s absence.
Thanks,
MG
Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?
1. This approach saves the client of building the external structure and focus only on the internal structure.
2. This state-of-the-art project is expected to be the face of the client’s organization.
3. This improvement is partly attributable to A’s efforts and partly attributable to B’s absence.
Thanks,
MG
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1. This approach saves the client (from) building the external structure and focuses only on the internal structure. 2.
- 1.
- This approach saves the client (from) building the external structure and focuses only on the internal structure.
- 2.
- -- 'Face' seems wrong, but I don't really understand the relationship between a project and a company organization.
- 3.
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1. This approach saves the client (from) building the external structure and focuses only on the internal structure.
2. This state-of-the-art project is expected to be the face of the client’s organization.-- 'Face' seems wrong, but I don't really understand the relationship between a project and a company organization.
3. This improvement is partly attributable
2. This state-of-the-art project is expected to be the face of the client’s organization.-- 'Face' seems wrong, but I don't really understand the relationship between a project and a company organization.
3. This improvement is partly attributable
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2 & 3 are ok.
1 This approach saves the client the need to build the external structure and allows him to focus only on the...
1 This approach saves the client the need to build the external structure and allows him to focus only on the...
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Thanks folks.
Which one of the following sounds better. To me 1a sounds better, but not sure.
1a. This approach saves the client of building the external structure.
1b. This approach saves the client from building the external structure
Which one of the following sounds better. To me 1a sounds better, but not sure.
1a. This approach saves the client of building the external structure.
1b. This approach saves the client from building the external structure
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Yipes! 1a is not possible. You can use these:
1aa. This approach saves the client building the external structure.
1b. This approach saves the client from building the external structure.
Now I like 1aa much better.
1aa. This approach saves the client building the external structure.
1b. This approach saves the client from building the external structure.
Now I like 1aa much better.
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Thanks.
1aa. This approach saves the client building the external structure.In this sentence it seems as though we are talking about a "client building". In my original sentence, I wanted to say that the client doesn't have to spend any money on fixing the external structure of its building.
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You seem to be using 'build' for 'fix the external structure' in all of your sentences, but I agree that 1aa should read:
This approach saves the client's building the external structure.
This approach saves the client's building the external structure.
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