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Believer Posted 19 years ago
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Correct this please
Hi,
I am going to write something short that contains a mixture of countable and uncountable nouns and some uncountable nouns have been thought by me as instances or types of them. I feel that the content of this writing might not be all that clear to some.
In order for an effective communication to occur, I feel that the receiver of a message should understand the content of the message sent and have complete understanding of it to enable him to send a response back if he wants to. I also feel the message should be written in good English, absent of any glaring grammarical mistakes and structural inconsistencies that might hinder effective communication. One should try his hardest to write the message in no uncertain terms and that could bring about a clear understanding of the nature of the messsage.
I am going to write something short that contains a mixture of countable and uncountable nouns and some uncountable nouns have been thought by me as instances or types of them. I feel that the content of this writing might not be all that clear to some.
In order for an effective communication to occur, I feel that the receiver of a message should understand the content of the message sent and have complete understanding of it to enable him to send a response back if he wants to. I also feel the message should be written in good English, absent of any glaring grammarical mistakes and structural inconsistencies that might hinder effective communication. One should try his hardest to write the message in no uncertain terms and that could bring about a clear understanding of the nature of the messsage.
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Believer In order for an effective communication to occur, I feel that the receiver of a message should understand the content of the message sent and have complete understanding of it to enable him to send a response back if he wants to. I also feel the message should be written in good English , absent of any glaring grammarical mistakes and structural inconsistencies that might hinder effective communication . One should try one's hardest to write the message in no uncertain terms to bring about a clear understanding of the nature of the messsage.
- Believer In order for an effective communication to occur, I feel that the receiver of a message should understand the content of the message sent and have complete understanding of it to enable him to send a response back if he wants to.
- I also feel the message should be written in good English , absent of any glaring grammarical mistakes and structural inconsistencies that might hinder effective communication .
- One should try one's hardest to write the message in no uncertain terms to bring about a clear understanding of the nature of the messsage.
- No article in the first one.
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BelieverIn order foraneffective communication to occur, I feel that the receiver of a message should understand the content of the message sent and have complete understanding of it to enable him to send a response back if he wants to. I also feel the message should be written in good English, absent of any gl
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One should try one's hardest to write the message in no uncertain terms to bring about a clear understanding of the nature of the messsage.
One should try his hardest to write the message in no uncertain terms to bring about a clear understanding of the nature of the messsage
One should try his hardest to write the message in no uncertain terms to bring about a clear understanding of the nature of the messsage
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If you're going to use "one" instead of "A person" or "He" then I would stick with "one's" - it doesn't make sense to me to mix "one" and "his" in the same sentence. I think Americans don't use "one" very often (We are more inclined to use "you" in the impersonal sense when others might use "one") but when we do, we stick with it throughout the sentence. At least, I do.
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I have read in a couple of English usage books that in BrE, when we start with "One" in a sentence, we should use 'one' throughout the sentence, whereas in AmE, the word following 'one' should be 'he'. For example, "One should try one's best in whatever we do" is BrE, whereas "One should try one's best in whatever he does" is AmE.
Could some other member/s comment on the above?
Could some other member/s comment on the above?
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I'm quoting from Fowler's Modern English Usage.
In AmE, 'one' is followed either by another 'one' (or one's) or by a third-person pronoun 'he' or 'she' (or, to avoid gender problems, occasionally 'they'), or by 'his' or 'her' or 'their', whereas in BrE, another 'one' (or one's) follows: (AmE) I like to believe one can be honest and sincere and committed in what he's doing - Chicago Sun
In AmE, 'one' is followed either by another 'one' (or one's) or by a third-person pronoun 'he' or 'she' (or, to avoid gender problems, occasionally 'they'), or by 'his' or 'her' or 'their', whereas in BrE, another 'one' (or one's) follows: (AmE) I like to believe one can be honest and sincere and committed in what he's doing - Chicago Sun
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