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ConscientiousStudent Posted 19 years ago
Hi all,
Pleases consider the follwoing sentence:
" Since migrating to Australia in 1991, he has consulted to* and advised major corporations and government bodies in Australia, his work *being recognised by the Federal Government as best practice in its 1998 publication “Cultural Diversity at Work”. "
I would like to ask:
1.)Does the has consulted to mean he ask others for advices or others ask him for advice? If the latter one is correct then, what about "I have consulted to my professor, and he said I am wrong" ?? I believe this one means I ask advice from my professor. I am confused.....
2.)Why it is "being recognised" not "was recognised"?
Thank you.
Sam
Grammar
*has consulted to* AND "being recognised" and "was recognised"?
Hi all,
Pleases consider the follwoing sentence:
" Since migrating to Australia in 1991, he has consulted to* and advised major corporations and government bodies in Australia, his work *being recognised by the Federal Government as best practice in its 1998 publication “Cultural Diversity at Work”. "
I would like to ask:
1.)Does the has consulted to mean he ask others for advices or others ask him for advice? If the latter one is correct then, what about "I have consulted to my professor, and he said I am wrong" ?? I believe this one means I ask advice from my professor. I am confused.....
2.)Why it is "being recognised" not "was recognised"?
Thank you.
Sam
Top answer
1-- The resume is not all that well composed: consulted to and advised mean essentially the same. The intention is that others asked him for advice, and ' consult to ' may be business-speak. Your example is intended to be the reverse: I consulted (with) my professor -- the professor is the consultant.
- 1-- The resume is not all that well composed: consulted to and advised mean essentially the same.
- The intention is that others asked him for advice, and ' consult to ' may be business-speak.
- Your example is intended to be the reverse: I consulted (with) my professor -- the professor is the consultant.
- Here, we would not use ' consult to ' in either direction.
- 2-- In the given structure, a subordinate nonfiniteclause, ' was ' will not work.
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1-- The resume is not all that well composed: consulted to and advised mean essentially the same. The intention is that others asked him for advice, and 'consult to' may be business-speak. Your example is intended to be the reverse: I consulted (with) my professor-- the professor is the consultant. Here, we would not use 'consult to' in either direction.
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