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Monseul Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Help with my sentence

Which sentences is better? I need it concise for a powerpoint. Also, this sentence is talking about a future business plan that will happen in 2008. which verb tense would I use? Can I keep it present tense?

Open an outsole factory and a factory with 3 assembly lines in .



Open two factories in Beijing : one outsole and one with 3 assembly lines.
  

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1-- This is not in present tense; it is not indicative at all-- it is imperative (command), and it has no tense, so you can use it for any point in time. 2-- If outsoles are shoe parts, then the sentence is odd either way: shoe parts and number of assembly lines are not valid subdivisions of shoe factories. You should choose one or the other: Three assembly line factories and a piecework factory.

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  • 1-- This is not in present tense; it is not indicative at all-- it is imperative (command), and it has no tense, so you can use it for any point in time.
  • 2-- If outsoles are shoe parts, then the sentence is odd either way: shoe parts and number of assembly lines are not valid subdivisions of shoe factories.
  • You should choose one or the other: Three assembly line factories and a piecework factory.
  • Three shoe factories and an outsole factory .
  • Or combine them: Three assembly-line shoe factories and a custom outsole factory in Beijing.
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1-- This is not in present tense; it is not indicative at all-- it is imperative (command), and it has no tense, so you can use it for any point in time.

2-- If outsoles are shoe parts, then the sentence is odd either way: shoe parts and number of assembly lines are not valid subdivisions of shoe factories. You should choose one or the other: Three assembly line factories and
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