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Cp2gd Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Convey/reflect
Hello,
From the perspective of a native speaker of English, which of the following sentences would sound better:
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accountancy norms, reflecting a true and appropriate image of assets...
or
The financial statements have been prepared in accord with the accoutning standards and convey a true and appropriate view of assets....
My doubt relates mostly to the use of "convey": is it adequate for usage in a formal text?
Many thanks,
Rui.
From the perspective of a native speaker of English, which of the following sentences would sound better:
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accountancy norms, reflecting a true and appropriate image of assets...
or
The financial statements have been prepared in accord with the accoutning standards and convey a true and appropriate view of assets....
My doubt relates mostly to the use of "convey": is it adequate for usage in a formal text?
Many thanks,
Rui.
Top answer
Hi Rui! From the perspective of a native speaker, both sentences might sound OK. However, from the perspective of a native speaker thinking with an accounting cap, the first sounds best.
- Hi Rui!
- From the perspective of a native speaker, both sentences might sound OK.
- However, from the perspective of a native speaker thinking with an accounting cap, the first sounds best.
- And also according to my "accounting glossary" :-) Reason: in accordance with is the correct phrase here.
- It means "in line with", or "according to the rules".
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Hi Rui!
From the perspective of a native speaker, both sentences might sound OK. However, from the perspective of a native speaker thinking with an accounting cap, the first sounds best. And also according to my "accounting glossary" :-)
Reason:
From the perspective of a native speaker, both sentences might sound OK. However, from the perspective of a native speaker thinking with an accounting cap, the first sounds best. And also according to my "accounting glossary" :-)
Reason:
- in accordance with is the correct phrase here. It means "in line with", or "according to the rules".
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oh, and my sentence might be:
RucaThe financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accountancy norms, reflecting a true and appropriate image of assets...The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting standards, reflecting a true and faithful representation of assets...
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Hello Nick,
Thanks a lot for your comments.
I thought that "in accord with" and "in accordance with" had the same meaning, although "in accord with" had a more formal conotation. Can you please comment a bit on the differences in meaning between both expressions?
Thank you.
Rui.
Thanks a lot for your comments.
I thought that "in accord with" and "in accordance with" had the same meaning, although "in accord with" had a more formal conotation. Can you please comment a bit on the differences in meaning between both expressions?
Thank you.
Rui.
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It's a difficult one, and I had to search around a bit to find a good definition of the differences. On this forum actually was a post by an "anonymous" user who said the following:
If a thing is in accord with something else, it is in agreement with it: The contract is in full accord with company policy (it agrees with it). If a thing is in accordance with something else, it obeys
If a thing is in accord with something else, it is in agreement with it: The contract is in full accord with company policy (it agrees with it). If a thing is in accordance with something else, it obeys
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Hello Nick,
That's quite a subtle difference, I think. It's a bit difficult for me to grasp it because there is no correspondence in my language.
So, "in accord with" would correspond to the expression "according to".
I once posted a question about the differences between scheme and schema, for which I got no reply. It is also difficult to understand the differences be
That's quite a subtle difference, I think. It's a bit difficult for me to grasp it because there is no correspondence in my language.
So, "in accord with" would correspond to the expression "according to".
I once posted a question about the differences between scheme and schema, for which I got no reply. It is also difficult to understand the differences be
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Hello!
Sorry for the late reply, I've been a little busy.
scheme refers to a general plan; perhaps an idea, or an outline of some action you want to take.
schema can refer to a plan, but is more about a diagram, graphical representation (like you said).
Note the plural of schema is schemata. Some people use schematas.
Sorry for the late reply, I've been a little busy.
scheme refers to a general plan; perhaps an idea, or an outline of some action you want to take.
schema can refer to a plan, but is more about a diagram, graphical representation (like you said).
Note the plural of schema is schemata. Some people use schematas.
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