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Rayman55 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Employee Awards

The company has named Sylvia as a finalist for 'Administrator of the Year' for its Employee Awards 2013.

Is the above correct?

Thank you very much for your time.
  

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If 'Employee Awards' is not actually the company's official name for the program, you should not capitalize it. If '2013' is being used as a modifier for 'Employee Awards', and I think it is, it should be placed before, not after, 'Employee Awards' (or 'employee awards', as the case may be), thus: The company has named Sylvia as a finalist for 'Administrator of the Year' for its 2013 employee awards. CJ

— CalifJim

  • If 'Employee Awards' is not actually the company's official name for the program, you should not capitalize it.
  • If '2013' is being used as a modifier for 'Employee Awards', and I think it is, it should be placed before, not after, 'Employee Awards' (or 'employee awards', as the case may be), thus: The company has named Sylvia as a finalist for 'Administrator of the Year' for its 2013 employee awards.
  • CJ
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If 'Employee Awards' is not actually the company's official name for the program, you should not capitalize it.
If '2013' is being used as a modifier for 'Employee Awards', and I think it is, it should be placed before, not after, 'Employee Awards' (or 'employee awards', as the case may be), thus:

The company has named Sylvia as a finalist for 'Administrator of the Year' for its 2013
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Thanks. The program is called "Employee Awards 2013". 'Administrator of the Year' is the category. It's the 2nd "for" that I'm not comfortable with. I keep thinking the sentence doesn't make sense with it there.
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Rayman55It's the 2nd "for" that I'm not comfortable with.
I share you feelings about that, but what else could we put there? Any ideas? Maybe "in" instead of the second "for"? That would be all right.

CJ
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I understand what the meaning of the sentence is with the "for" but I don't think it's the right word to use.

Perhaps the sentence can be changed to: The company has named Sylvia as a finalist in the 'Administrator of the Year' category of its Employee Awards 2013.
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Or even: The company has named Sylvia as a finalist in its Employee Awards 2013 'Administrator of the Year' category.
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Rayman55Perhaps the sentence can be changed to ...
Yes. That also works.

CJ
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CalifJim Maybe "in" instead of the second "for"? That would be all right.CJ
I agree. I know you're not comfortable with the second "for", but do you actually think it's the wrong word to use?
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Rayman55do you actually think it's the wrong word to use?
No. Note that my first suggestion at the top of the thread had both "for"s in it.
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