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Pamela81 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Can hooks keep together panels?
Dear all,
today I had to explain one more difficult technical unusual procedure and as always I need your kind and qualified help.
Preamble:
A stand is made of wooden panels and these panels are kept together (?) with hooks.
The sentence is this:
"We cannot reuse your stand 2012 for the next fairs because during the dismantling, while we will be separating the panels that are kept together with hooks, graphics pasted on the panels will be seriously damaged "
I feel that these 2 sentences are too much "full" but I am not able to find a better option....
Thank you
Pamela
today I had to explain one more difficult technical unusual procedure and as always I need your kind and qualified help.
Preamble:
A stand is made of wooden panels and these panels are kept together (?) with hooks.
The sentence is this:
"We cannot reuse your stand 2012 for the next fairs because during the dismantling, while we will be separating the panels that are kept together with hooks, graphics pasted on the panels will be seriously damaged "
I feel that these 2 sentences are too much "full" but I am not able to find a better option....
Thank you
Pamela
Top answer
I don't think you need to mention the hooks or nails or staples or whatever they are. Not at all. Just say the graphics will be damaged.
- I don't think you need to mention the hooks or nails or staples or whatever they are.
- Not at all.
- Just say the graphics will be damaged.
- How about this?
- We cannot reuse your 2012 stand for future fairs because the graphics on the panels will be damaged during the dismantling process.
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I don't think you need to mention the hooks or nails or staples or whatever they are. Not at all. Just say the graphics will be damaged. How about this?
We cannot reuse your 2012 stand for future fairs because the graphics on the panels will be damaged during the dismantling process.
By the way, if you really want to add more about the 'hooks' and you're not sure what t
We cannot reuse your 2012 stand for future fairs because the graphics on the panels will be damaged during the dismantling process.
By the way, if you really want to add more about the 'hooks' and you're not sure what t
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Thank you CJ!
"Fastener" is synonym for "hook" as I can see in the dictionary.
Right verb is then "to hold" and not "to keep" thank you so much CJ. I know, maybe it is not necessary to explain about hooks etc but I want to mention all the details.
Thank you so much!!!
You are always of help
Pamela
"Fastener" is synonym for "hook" as I can see in the dictionary.
Right verb is then "to hold" and not "to keep" thank you so much CJ. I know, maybe it is not necessary to explain about hooks etc but I want to mention all the details.
Thank you so much!!!
You are always of help
Pamela
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Pamela81Right verb is then "to hold" and not "to keep"I did not even realize that I had changed the verb. "hold" came naturally to me, but "keep" is also very good.
The panels are [held / kept] together with fasteners.
Either way is fine.
CJ
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CalifJim Pamela81Right verb is then "to hold" and not "to keep"I did not even realize that I had changed the verb. "hold" came naturally to me, but "keep" is also very good.The panels are [held / kept] together with fasteners.Either way is fine.CJYou did
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