"have its stamped and signed"

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"I print a document and bring to boss to have the document's stamped and signed by him."Is this sentence grammatically correct? would people understand what I mean in the sentence?Thank you.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

Anonymous"I print a document and bring to boss to have the document's stamped and signed by him."

It would be understood. It just needs to have a couple of details fixed.

. . . . bring it to the boss etc.

"Document's" should not be possessive here. It should be simple plural. Delete the apostrophe.

Use "take them to the boss," rather than "bring them to the boss."

Since you're describing the process for one document, you don't need to repeat the word.
". . . . to have it stamped and signed by him" would be fine.
This would be true even if you used the plural, "documents."
I print documents and take them to the boss to have them stamped and signed by him.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you very much.   I do not know why I often write in this way----&gt; "have the document's signed or have its signed"...

Avangi · Answer

If you don't like to repeat the "them," you can say,
I print documents and take them to the boss to be stamped and signed by him.

Anonymous · Answer

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Dimsumexpress · Answer

Anonymous I print a document and bring to boss to have the document's stamped and signed by him."

This is not a logical sentence. In natural English, the tense and collocation should be semantically connected to the context. Present tense here is not logical. So the two verbs; "printed" and "brought" should be the correct tense and I would reworded the sentence as follows:
I printed the document and brought it to my boss for signature.
Alternatively, I printed the document which I brought to my boss to be signed.
I've printed the document for my boss's signature.

All of the above convey the same core meaning.

Yoong Liat · Answer

dimsumexpress Anonymous I print a document and bring to boss to have the document's stamped and signed by him."This is not a logical sentence. In natural English, the tense and collocation should be semantically connected to the context. Present tense here is not logical. So the two verbs; "printed" and "brought" should be the correct tense and I would reworded the sentence as follows:I printed the document and brought it to my boss for signature.Alternatively, I printed the document which I brought to my boss to be signed.I've printed the document for my boss's signature. All of the above convey the same core meaning.

Hi Dimsumexpress1. In your sentences, the word stamped' is not there. Is there a reason for leaving the word out?

2. Avangi changed 'brought' to 'take' in the sentence below. You used 'brought'. Is there a reason for doing so?

3. Avangi said: Use "take them to the boss," rather than "bring them to the boss."

and wrote: I print documents and take them to the boss to have them stamped and signed by him.

JohnParis · Answer

You could say "I printed the document and took it to my boss to be signed and stamped."

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Yoong LiatIn your sentences, the word stamped' is not there. Is there a reason for leaving the word out?

In typical office operation in the US, I have never seen any manager or a boss using a stamp and his signature on the same document.

Yoong Liat3. Avangi said: Use "take them to the boss," rather than "bring them to the boss."

I am not in any way suggesting Avangi is wrong. Take or bring, either one is grammatical.

Yoong Liat2. Avangi changed 'brought' to 'take' in the sentence below. You used 'brought'. Is there a reason for doing so?.

May I remind you, the original question used "bring". I just used the same verb. You seem to have taken profound interests in my reply. Is there anything that you see incorrect ?

Anonymous:

"I print a document and bring to boss to have the document's stamped and signed by him."

Yoong Liat · Answer

Hi, Dimsumexpress

The following is for your perusal.

In typical office operation in the US, I have never seen any manager or a boss using a stamp and his signature on the same document.

I don't think the thread starter lives in the US. In some countries, the documents are not only signed but also stamped.

I am not in any way suggesting Avangi is wrong. Take or bring, either one is grammatical.
In the sentence posted, it is correct to use 'take', as Avangi suggested. Please see John's post too.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Yoong Liatn the sentence posted, it is correct to use 'take', as Avangi suggested. Please see John's post too.

Liat,
I really don't see your point of pursuing this argument, and for the lack of a better description, I think we are not well "connected". So are you suggesting, "brought" is wrong?
Consider this:
I made some pasta last night and I brought / took some over to John. Do you see the similar context?

Yoong LiatI don't think the thread starter lives in the US. In some countries, the documents are not only signed but also stamped.

You may have a point. But I was stating my observation. Let's leave it at that.

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