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Andrei Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Correction

In order to receive the money in time, it is essential to hand in the application in advance, you said.


I am going to write the above sentence in a letter. The person to who I address this letter told me it would be necessary to hand in the particular application in advance. Is it fine?
  

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" If you want to reference an earlier conversation, you might want to write something like.... 2) I recall from our earlier conversation that, in order to receive the money on time, it is essential to hand in the application in advance. I prefer #2 as it is seems more friendly.

— MountainHiker

  • " If you want to reference an earlier conversation, you might want to write something like....
  • 2) I recall from our earlier conversation that, in order to receive the money on time, it is essential to hand in the application in advance.
  • I prefer #2 as it is seems more friendly.
  • "You said" implies you are holding someone to their word or their promise.
  • "Our conversation" seems like we are both working towards the same goal.
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Andrei,

If you want to "quote" someone, you might want to write it as follows:

1) You said, "In order to receive the money in time, it is essential to hand in the application in advance."

If you want to reference an earlier conversation, you might want to write something like....

2) I recall from our earlier conversation that, in order to receive the money
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Hi, MountainHiker,

I think you've made slight change here. The original meaning should be "receive the money on time", a particular time that it was expected to happen. In your examples, I've noticed that you edited as "receive the money in time", an earlier time than expected.
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I think you've made slight change here. The original meaning should be "receive the money on time", a particular time that it was expected to happen. In your examples, I've noticed that you edited as "receive the money in time", an earlier time than expected.

I don't think I made a change. If we go back to the original post, Andrei said the following:

In order to rec
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Oops, my falut.
I need my eyes examined. Thanks there.

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I like reading your explanation. It's very elaborated and it definitely helps EFL/ESL learners a lot.
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Pastel,

I like reading your explanation. It's very elaborate and it definitely helps EFL/ESL learners a lot.

Hey, that's great feedback.

Thank you very much!
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You're quite welcome.
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How does one activate italics with this text editor? How about underlining? Thanks.
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Good question, taiwandave.
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Taiwandave,

with no spaces for italics. Start with that, and end with again no spaces.
with no spaces for italics. Start with that, and end with again no spaces.

with no spaces for underline. Start with that, and end with again no spaces.
with no spaces for underline. Start with that, and end with again no spaces.

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