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Ant_222 Posted 18 years ago
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Can't translate a simple sentence :(
Hello, all!
Here's a sentence from the UPS tracking system that cannot undersand:
"THE PACKAGE WAS MISSED AT THE UPS FACILITY, UPS WILL DELIVER ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY"
If the package "was missed", then what are they going to "deliver on the next business day"?
Thanks in advance,
Anton
Here's a sentence from the UPS tracking system that cannot undersand:
"THE PACKAGE WAS MISSED AT THE UPS FACILITY, UPS WILL DELIVER ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY"
If the package "was missed", then what are they going to "deliver on the next business day"?
Thanks in advance,
Anton
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Hi Ant I'd understand that to mean basically that, although the package was at the UPS facility, it did not go out for delivery with all of the other packages that were there at the same time (or that were scheduled for delivery on the same date) for some reason. The package will therefore be delivered one (business) day later than originally expected. If the package was originally scheduled for delivery on a Friday, "the next business day" will probably be the following Monday.
- Hi Ant I'd understand that to mean basically that, although the package was at the UPS facility, it did not go out for delivery with all of the other packages that were there at the same time (or that were scheduled for delivery on the same date) for some reason.
- The package will therefore be delivered one (business) day later than originally expected.
- If the package was originally scheduled for delivery on a Friday, "the next business day" will probably be the following Monday.
- The word 'missed' seems to be used in the sense of 'overlooked'.
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Hi Ant
I'd understand that to mean basically that, although the package was at the UPS facility, it did not go out for delivery with all of the other packages that were there at the same time (or that were scheduled for delivery on the same date) for some reason. The package will therefore be delivered one (business) day later than originally expected.
If the package was origin
I'd understand that to mean basically that, although the package was at the UPS facility, it did not go out for delivery with all of the other packages that were there at the same time (or that were scheduled for delivery on the same date) for some reason. The package will therefore be delivered one (business) day later than originally expected.
If the package was origin
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Don't worry, I'm a native english speaker and I don't even know what that message meant... I had to google it to figure it out and ended up here... lol
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