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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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but / that

I'm making a description of items to be sold but I think it's too wordy if I use:
These were (or are?) supposed to be used in a project but the project was cancelled.
so I'm now in a dilemma on which of the two sentences is correct:

These were supposed to be used in a project that was cancelled.
These were supposed to be used in a project but [it] was cancelled.

Anyway, if you could rephrase my original sentence to a better one, please do so.
  

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How about,

"The following were originally procured for the cancelled project."?
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My try is like: "These were to be used in an aborted project."

paco
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'These were originally intended for a now-cancelled project'?
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Mr McCawber's version is more correct. The others imply that the project had already been cancelled when the purchase was made!

Here's another version:
'These were originally intended for a project (which was) subsequently cancelled.'
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