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Musicgold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Are these sentences natural? March 9
Hi,
Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?
1. I think there is a case to be made to not include these minor items in our calculation. ( I am not sure if I am using ‘there is a case to be made’ correctly here. But I have seen many of my colleagues use it. Here I want to say that we should not include ‘minor’ items in our calculations)
2. Do you have any more/other stress balls like that? ( I said this to a colleague, who had a special stress ball with our company logo on it. I wanted one too.)
3. Can you please put me on (the?) speaker; I need to chat with all of you?
Thanks,
MG
Are the following sentences natural to a native ear?
1. I think there is a case to be made to not include these minor items in our calculation. ( I am not sure if I am using ‘there is a case to be made’ correctly here. But I have seen many of my colleagues use it. Here I want to say that we should not include ‘minor’ items in our calculations)
2. Do you have any more/other stress balls like that? ( I said this to a colleague, who had a special stress ball with our company logo on it. I wanted one too.)
3. Can you please put me on (the?) speaker; I need to chat with all of you?
Thanks,
MG
Top answer
1. I think there is a case to be made for not including these minor items in our calculation. 2.
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- I think there is a case to be made for not including these minor items in our calculation.
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- Do you have any more/other stress ***** like that?
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1. I think there is a case to be made for not including these minor items in our calculation.
2. Do you have any more/other stress ***** like that?
3. Can you please put me on (the) speaker? I need to chat with all of you.
2. Do you have any more/other stress ***** like that?
3. Can you please put me on (the) speaker? I need to chat with all of you.
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Thanks. Also,
1. I think there is a case to be made for not including these minor items in our calculation.Does that imply that I am going make a case? I am not sure if I fully understsand the meaning of the phrase "a case to be made".
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Does that imply that I am going make a case? -- No, it only states that I don't think we should include them.
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Musicgoldthere is a case to be made for [ -ing ... ]~ it is possible that someone might want to argue in favor of [ -ing ... ]
I just wanted to comment that this, because of that "someone", is a perfect example in English of "being noncommittal" or "not wanting to get involved".
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