Help regarding a couple of sentese structures

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I had a small discussion wih my friend over the following sentences.

1."XYZ company operating since 1976, announces regarding the recruitment of assistant managers"
Is this gramatically correct? My friend said its structurally wrong but gramatically correct.

2."The candidate must know to read, write and speak as well in Mandrin language"

I said the above is wrong and the following is correct "The candidate must know to read, write as well as speak in Mandrin language"

3."The payment can be made in any branch of ABN AMRO bank."
Shouldnt this be like"The payment can be made in any of the branches of ABN AMRO bank"

Thanks in Advance...

Tinyteflteacher · Accepted Answer

Hi there.

I would say

1. This is grammatically incorrect - you can't "announce regarding something". Instead you could say ...
XYZ company, which has been operating since 1976, has made an announcement regarding the recruitment of assistant managers.

2. Normally you know how to do something, or are able to do something. So you could say ...
The candidate must be able to read and write, as well as speak, in Mandarin.
The candidate must know how to read and write, as well as speak, in Mandarin.
Someone else might like to check my punctuation here but I think it's right.

3. Both of your examples here look right to me!

Hope this helps,
TTT

Avangi · Answer

Anonymous1."XYZ company operating since 1976, announces regarding the recruitment of assistant managers"
Is this gramatically correct? My friend said its structurally wrong but gramatically correct.

I don't know the meaning of your friend's statement.
To me, the issue is the transitive vs. the intransitive use of "to announce." It most commonly takes an object.
In my opinion, your sentence is correct, but I think the more common expression would be ". . . . announced the recruitment of assistant managers." (transitive)

A common headline could be "Clinton announces for the presidency." (intransitive)

Anonymous2."The candidate must know to read, write and speak as well in Mandrin language"

I said the above is wrong and the following is correct "The candidate must know to read, write as well as speak in Mandrin language"

The more common expression is ". . . . must know how to read etc."
In my opinion, the expression "must know to do something" means that you must know when to do it, not how to do it.
You must know that you're supposed to do something. You must know to bow before the Queen.

As far as the choice between your version and your friend's, it depends on the meaning you wish to convey. Without context, both could be correct.

Anonymous3."The payment can be made in any branch of ABN AMRO bank."
Shouldnt this be like"The payment can be made in any of the branches of ABN AMRO bank"

The bold version is correct. Your suggested revision is incorrect, in my opinion.
Edit. Sorry, I misread. Both versions are correct in #3.

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