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Crespo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Help Correct this Statement.
Please correct the following statement.
"While he was with us, he was assigned to assist our technicians on various tasks where he contributed invaluable inputs and was found very useful to the technicians."
I look forward to your reply.
Thanks.
"While he was with us, he was assigned to assist our technicians on various tasks where he contributed invaluable inputs and was found very useful to the technicians."
I look forward to your reply.
Thanks.
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The sentence is really long. I would make 2 sentences. "Input" is a mass noun (in American English).
- The sentence is really long.
- I would make 2 sentences.
- "Input" is a mass noun (in American English).
- So we almost always use the singular form, unless it refers to hardware.
- We also have a set phrase "give input", so "contribute input" does not sound natural.
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The sentence is really long. I would make 2 sentences. "Input" is a mass noun (in American English). So we almost always use the singular form, unless it refers to hardware. We also have a set phrase "give input", so "contribute input" does not sound natural.
"While he was with us, he was assigned to assist our technicians on various tasks where he contributed invaluable input a
"While he was with us, he was assigned to assist our technicians on various tasks where he contributed invaluable input a
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