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Natalia09 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
default
Hello,
I would like to know if word combination "default of project" is ok. Because as I know default is rather used in the meaning of "failure not to pay". Here it should mean "failure not to fulfil the project".
Thank you!
I would like to know if word combination "default of project" is ok. Because as I know default is rather used in the meaning of "failure not to pay". Here it should mean "failure not to fulfil the project".
Thank you!
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I know this doesn't address your question, but "failure not" is something of a double negative. "Failure not to pay" means you did in fact pay. Get rid of the "not's".
- I know this doesn't address your question, but "failure not" is something of a double negative.
- "Failure not to pay" means you did in fact pay.
- Get rid of the "not's".
- "Default of project" seems fairly straightforward to me.
- I hear it as a label, rather than as part of a sentence.
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I know this doesn't address your question, but "failure not" is something of a double negative.
"Failure not to pay" means you did in fact pay.
"Failure not to pay" means you did in fact pay.
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Thank you for drawing my attention to the "not's". Of course there must be no nots. Probably I was just overtired.
As to the "default of project" I cannot find it in google. It seems to be not that common. But probably not wrong.
Thank's anyway!
As to the "default of project" I cannot find it in google. It seems to be not that common. But probably not wrong.
Thank's anyway!
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