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Bn77 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Externally
Can I say "Sombody externally announced something" to mean that "he/she made public announcement of something"?
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That sounds very odd. Use 'public', which is the accepted word choice. If you wish to indicate that it is not to the whole public but to a larger but still restricted group, then you will have to use an explanatory phrase like this: He announced to the department/class/neighborhood that...
- That sounds very odd.
- Use 'public', which is the accepted word choice.
- If you wish to indicate that it is not to the whole public but to a larger but still restricted group, then you will have to use an explanatory phrase like this: He announced to the department/class/neighborhood that...
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That sounds very odd. Use 'public', which is the accepted word choice. If you wish to indicate that it is not to the whole public but to a larger but still restricted group, then you will have to use an explanatory phrase like this:
He announced to the department/class/neighborhood that...
He announced to the department/class/neighborhood that...
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