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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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A french friend stated to his boss “Thanks to have reported this problem.” and his boss told him he was totally wrong with his English sentence. Is this sentence structure and tense correct?
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” and his boss told him he was totally wrong with his English sentence. Is this sentence structure and tense correct? Yes, it's wrong.
- ” and his boss told him he was totally wrong with his English sentence.
- Is this sentence structure and tense correct?
- Yes, it's wrong.
- It sounds like your friend meant to say 'Thanks for reporting this problem'.
- This means that the boss reported the problem to your friend.
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Hi,
A french friend stated to his boss “Thanks to have reported this problem.” and his boss told him he was totally wrong with his English sentence. Is this sentence structure and tense correct?
Yes, it's wrong. It sounds like your friend meant to say 'Thanks for reporting this problem'. This means that the boss reported the problem to your friend.
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A french friend stated to his boss “Thanks to have reported this problem.” and his boss told him he was totally wrong with his English sentence. Is this sentence structure and tense correct?
Yes, it's wrong. It sounds like your friend meant to say 'Thanks for reporting this problem'. This means that the boss reported the problem to your friend.
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And what about: "Thanks for having reported this problem" ? The past form looks more obvious that way seems to me.
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Hi,
And what about: "Thanks for having reported this problem" ? The past form looks more obvious that way seems to me.
That's something that one might say on some later occasion.
eg I report the problem on Monday.
On Friday, you say "Thanks for having reported this problem".
My concerns about the word 'repor
And what about: "Thanks for having reported this problem" ? The past form looks more obvious that way seems to me.
That's something that one might say on some later occasion.
eg I report the problem on Monday.
On Friday, you say "Thanks for having reported this problem".
My concerns about the word 'repor
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AnonymousThanks to havethanks to + verb is not grammatical in English. (I'm not even sure that it's grammatical in French. merci+ infinitive ?
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