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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Dropping the subject after joining words

Our competitive advantage is our loyalty program, which no other retailers can match, so was the perfect tool to catch last minute christmas shoppers.

Our competitive advantage is our loyalty program, so was the perfect tool to catch last minute christmas shoppers.

Do you accept these?
  

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English 1b3 Do you accept these? No. I had to read them multiple times, and I still didn't understand them.

— CalifJim

  • English 1b3 Do you accept these?
  • No.
  • I had to read them multiple times, and I still didn't understand them.
  • CJ
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English 1b3Do you accept these?
No. I had to read them multiple times, and I still didn't understand them.

CJ
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Really? They seem clear to me. Perhaps because I'm familiar with the topic.

What if I insert the subject (loyalty program) after so then? It would sound repetitive, but clearer perhaps...
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And I presume this is equally unclear?

Another benefit we identified in the program was that we didn’t have a company card so saw the fly buys card as a great way of being able to identify our staff around the country
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Our competitive advantage is our loyalty program, which no other retailers can match, so our loyalty program was the perfect tool to catch last minute Christmas shoppers.

Yes, it's OK this way.

By the way, 'our competitive advantage' and 'no other retailers' are the only subjects which precede 'so'.

CJ
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English 1b3And I presume this is equally unclear?
Yes. You need a subject after 'so'.

CJ
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