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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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I'm looking for a verb. Help me.

0 Hi, I'm looking for the proper verb in the following sentence.02br
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00"What IT vendor do you VERB at the headquarter?" 02br
00(OR "What IT vendor do your headquater VERB?") 02br
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00I think there are several choices.02br
00My choices are "hire", "use" or "depend on".02br
00Thanks in advance. 0-
  

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02br 02br 00"Depend on" is acceptable grammatically, but not the same meaning. You can use a vendor that is not very reliable or dependable or helpful. )0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 02br 02br 00"Depend on" is acceptable grammatically, but not the same meaning.
  • You can use a vendor that is not very reliable or dependable or helpful.
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0"Use" is certainly the simplest.02br
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00"Hire" is not right - if they are vendors, you contract with them, you don't hire them (at least in American English).02br
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00"Depend on" is acceptable grammatically, but not the same meaning. You can use a vendor that is not very reliable or dependable or helpful. (And presumably you would not renew their c
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10"Use" is certainly the simplest.12br
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10"Hire" is not right - if they are vendors, you contract with them, you don't hire them (at least in American English).12br
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10"Depend on" is acceptable grammatically, but not the same meaning. You can use a vendor that is n
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0Those are both fine.02br
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00Note that headquarters should have an S, and there's no need for "the" before it.0-
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0(1) "What IT vendor does your headquaters contract with?"02br
00(2) "What IT vendor do your headquaters contract with?"02br
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00Which is correct, (1) or (2)? 0-
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00#2 would be ok as "What IT01b00 vendors02b00 do.... 0-
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