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Tanit Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

I the undersigned ...

Hi,

On behalf of my employer, I am filling in a form which begins like this

"I the undersigned, as representative of [ ... ] hereby declares that our organisation ..."

Why "declares"? Does it have to agree with "the undersigned"?

I would've written "declare" and am tempted to correct that opening formula, but need your comments on this!!! Emotion: smile

Thank you very much.
  

Top answer

I'd say it would have to agree with the subject "I" and not with "undersigned". I'd also be inclined to put a comma after the name of the organisation. On the other hand maybe this is some weird, standard set phrase.

— Bob M

  • I'd say it would have to agree with the subject "I" and not with "undersigned".
  • I'd also be inclined to put a comma after the name of the organisation.
  • On the other hand maybe this is some weird, standard set phrase.
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I'd say it would have to agree with the subject "I" and not with "undersigned". I'd also be inclined to put a comma after the name of the organisation.

On the other hand maybe this is some weird, standard set phrase.
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Bob MI'd say it would have to agree with the subject "I" and not with "undersigned". I'd also be inclined to put a comma after the name of the organisation.
Hi,

Thanks for answering.
You're right about the comma: there is one in the form, which I deleted together with the name of the organisation and replaced with "[...]". My bad.
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