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User_gary Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Grammar check

Hi,

We don't have the pre-made/ready-made copies of the requested document. We made one, printed and distributed to all the departments.

Can you check if the above sentence is correct?
  

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Possibly this: We don't have copies of the requested document in stock. The next sentence confuses me slightly though. How can you distribute one document to many departments?

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  • Possibly this: We don't have copies of the requested document in stock.
  • The next sentence confuses me slightly though.
  • How can you distribute one document to many departments?
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Possibly this:

We don't have copies of the requested document in stock.

The next sentence confuses me slightly though. How can you distribute one document to many departments?
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It is like a stationary request form which all departments fill in to request their stationary needs.
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User_garyIt is like a stationary request form which all departments fill in to request their stationary needs.
Sorry, I see now that my question was quite poorly phrased. Obviously you can create multiple copies of a document and distribute it to all departments. However, "We made one" sounds as if you created a single copy of the document. This is what I don'
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I just mean "I created the form in ms word and printed as many copies I need".
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So why can't you print more? Sorry, perhaps I am being very slow, but I seem to be missing the whole point of what you are saying.
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No problem. I rephrased the sentence now. Is it of any help?

We could not find the form you requested in the computer.So, I created myself the form in MS-Word and printed and distributed to all my departments.
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We could not find the form you requested on the computer. So, I re-created the form myself in MS-Word, printed it and distributed it to all my departments.

However, the connection between the two sentences is still not totally clear to me. The first sentence sounds like a present problem that is being addressed for one person. The second se
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