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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"help to guarantee"?

Hi

would you rephrase the part I underlined? it kinda sounds funny to me. if it went "tools guarantee" without "help to" I think it would make sense to me, though..

"Toad development tools help to guarantee application success through improved code quality, performance, and maintainability. "

Thank you,

M
  

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Without the "help to" part, the sentence would mean that the development tools alone are sufficent for application success, which certainly isn't the intended meaning. With the "help to", it's clear that the tools are just one of the factors neccessary to ensure application success.

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  • Without the "help to" part, the sentence would mean that the development tools alone are sufficent for application success, which certainly isn't the intended meaning.
  • With the "help to", it's clear that the tools are just one of the factors neccessary to ensure application success.
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Without the "help to" part, the sentence would mean that the development tools alone are sufficent for application success, which certainly isn't the intended meaning. With the "help to", it's clear that the tools are just one of the factors neccessary to ensure application success.
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In this case I think Toad development tools "cannot" guarantee application success "by itself".

However, it "helps" or "adds" more assurance to application success.

For example:

Toad development tools + your experience + stable computer hardware = 100% success rate

30% 30% 40%

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Aha, now the "help to" part makes totally sense.Emotion: clap

Thank you, again!
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