By our request, the speaker promised to come again the next year to give us

Question

By our request, the speaker promised to come again the next year to give us another speech.Does the above sound right? Are there alternatives of "By our request?" Thanks.

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

At our request is the usual way of phrasing this.

Angliholic · Answer

Nona The BritAt our request is the usual way of phrasing this.

Thanks, GG.

Your version sounds very right to me, but I still have a lingering question.

That is, I found this sample in my dictionary: By popular request, the chairman was re-elected.

It seems to me that "By popular request" could be replaced by "At popular request," but do they mean the same?

Hoa Thai · Answer

Angliholic
Nona The BritAt our request is the usual way of phrasing this.
Thanks, Nona.

Your version sounds very right to me, but I still have a lingering question.

That is, I found this sample in my dictionary: By popular request, the chairman was re-elected.

It seems to me that "By popular request" could be replaced by "At popular request," but do they mean the same?

This takes more than a few words, but I will give it a try. In this case, by is better choice since it conveys this message:

The chairman was re-elected by popular request. Because most people requested he was re-elected. He would not be re-elected otherwise. The chairman did not personally receive our request, the entire organization did. The requester(s) made the call. Now let's take a look at the use of at again.

At our request, they decide come back for another session. The decision to come back is up to the people who receive our request. The outcome does not depend on the one who asks, but on the one being asked.

Angliholic · Answer

Hoa Thai
Angliholic
Nona The BritAt our request is the usual way of phrasing this.
Thanks, Nona.

Your version sounds very right to me, but I still have a lingering question.

That is, I found this sample in my dictionary: By popular request, the chairman was re-elected.

It seems to me that "By popular request" could be replaced by "At popular request," but do they mean the same?
This takes more than a few words, but I will give it a try. In this case, by is better choice since it conveys this message:

The chairman was re-elected by popular request. Because most people requested he was re-elected. He would not be re-elected otherwise. The chairman did not personally receive our request, the entire organization did. The requester(s) made the call. Now let's take a look at the use of at again.

At our request, they decide come back for another session. The decision to come back is up to the people who receive our request. The outcome does not depend on the one who asks, but on the one being asked.

Sorry, Nona, for the clumsy mistake.

And thanks, Hoa.

Got it.

By our request, the speaker promised to come again the next year to give us

Top answer

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

Related Questions