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Moguwai007 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

electricity

For a "written" description on how to access electricity in a vacation rental, could you please tell me if following sentences are intelligible and grammatically correct?

To use all electric appliances, you need to inset the room key into the slot at the guest room entrance. The refrigerator is on while the key is not in the slot.
  

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It works as written. You could say To use electric appliances, you must insert the room key into the slot at the guest room entrance. The refrigerator remains on even when the key is not in the slot.

  • It works as written.
  • You could say To use electric appliances, you must insert the room key into the slot at the guest room entrance.
  • The refrigerator remains on even when the key is not in the slot.
  • If the appliances referred to are all supplied by the hotel; the microwave, coffee pot, toaster etc.
  • you would say the appliances .
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It works as written.
You could say To use electric appliances, you must insert the room key into the slot at the guest room entrance. The refrigerator remains on even when the key is not in the slot.
If the appliances referred to are all supplied by the hotel; the microwave, coffee pot, toaster etc. you would say the appliances. If you have to put

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