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Pamela81 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Could a native english speaker say this?

Hi,
I was apologizing to a customer for a mistake occurred during the construction of their stand and I wrote the following:

"Err is human, important is to be able to remedy the situation"

I have some doubt about the expression "to remedy a situation" ...can you help please?

Thanks

PAMELA
  

Top answer

Hi, Regardless of the comma splice error your sentence has, it is still ungrammatical. I would cast it thus: To err is human. The important thing, then, is to know how to remedy the situation.

  • Hi, Regardless of the comma splice error your sentence has, it is still ungrammatical.
  • I would cast it thus: To err is human.
  • The important thing, then, is to know how to remedy the situation.
  • Regards
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Hi,
Regardless of the comma splice error your sentence has, it is still ungrammatical.
I would cast it thus:
To err is human. The important thing, then, is to know how to remedy the situation.

Regards
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Pamela81"Err is human, important is to be able to remedy the situation"
Alongside Regards comment, no, I am almost certain that no native will ever say something like that for an apology, This sounds like making excuses which is a Taboo in a business environment. Just simply apologize and emphasize on fixing the issue immediately, and hope for the client's con
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Hello Pamela,
Here is a less formal way of expressing the same thought:
To err is human, but what really counts is to know how to fix the problem.
John
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Hi,
thank you so much for all your replies!

To Regards: I didn´t believe tha it is possible to say "to remedy a situation" but could I say : "to remedy a mistake"??

I didn´t find in my dictionary the verb "to cast" what does it mean?

To John: I don´t understand why to use "to fix" and not "to remedy"

Thanks for your help!

Pamela
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Pamela81I didn´t believe that it is possible to say "to remedy a situation" but could I say : "to remedy a mistake"??I didn´t find in my dictionary the verb "to cast" what does it mean?
Hi,
Remedy implies correcting or improving something. It is right, then, to say ‘to remedy a mistake’.
However, it sounds somewhat formal to me. You are more lik
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Great answer, thank you Regards!
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Hello Pamela,
To fix also means to mend; repair. http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fix?q=fix

To fix a problem is a common expression and is used in less formal writing and conversation.
I chose to use "fix" for your sentence because when dealing with a customer that is not totall

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