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Chaitatp Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Help me correct this sentence, "Do you know how I can receive a notifi...?"

Hi friends,

This sentence,

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Do you know how I can receive a notification e-mail when the topic I am interested got a reply?
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I am wondering about the 'got'. If I should use 'got' or 'has got'.

Thank you very much

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Top answer

" Either one can be used. Also, please note the insertion of "in". Hope that helps.

  • " Either one can be used.
  • Also, please note the insertion of "in".
  • Hope that helps.
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Chaitatp,

"....when the topic I am interested in got a reply?"
or
"....when the topic I am interested in received a reply?"

Either one can be used. Also, please note the insertion of "in".
Hope that helps.




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I would highly recommend the present tense, Chaitatp:

'Do you know how I can receive a notification e-mail when the topic I am interested in gets/receives a reply?'
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I wonder if I can say it in this form MrM, (my not well-trained eyes don't find the 'bridge' between notificacion and e-mail):
'Do you know how I can receive a notification via e-mail when the topic I am interested in gets/receives a reply?'
or
'Do you know how I can
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well,i think it would be better if u say :

...when the topic im interested in gets replies

but im not sure:)
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is fine too, Tas-y1n.

Notification in my form of the sentence, Latin, is an adjective modifying email: notification email, deletion email, etc. Your first sentence is also fine (notification via e-mail)-- it just uses a different structure to say the same thing. In your second sentence, however, the phrase an e-mail notification e-m
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Ups, I'm sorry it was an extra ctrl+c, I intended to say just: an e-mail notification, is this OK?
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Hi,

Normal English is Do you know how I can receive a notification e-mail when the topic I am interested in gets a reply?

Best wishes, Clive

(Sorry, for some strange reason I didn't see all the replies before I posted this!)

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