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Sinbadsunny Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
In regard to "deliver and ship"
Could you tell me the difference between "ship" and "deliver"?
I will ship this order by next Tuesday.
I will deliver this order by next Tuesday.
I will ship this order by next Tuesday.
I will deliver this order by next Tuesday.
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Goods are shipped when they leave the factory or warehouse. They are delivered when they reach the customer.
- Goods are shipped when they leave the factory or warehouse.
- They are delivered when they reach the customer.
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Goods are shipped when they leave the factory or warehouse. They are delivered when they reach the customer.
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"ship" refers to the date that you dispatch the order.
"deliver" refers to the date that the order reaches the customer. However, "I will deliver this order" sounds as if you are going to take it to the delivery address yourself. If you aren't, I would try to say it another way, such as "I will arrange for the order to be delivered by next Tuesday".
In business correspondence, I
"deliver" refers to the date that the order reaches the customer. However, "I will deliver this order" sounds as if you are going to take it to the delivery address yourself. If you aren't, I would try to say it another way, such as "I will arrange for the order to be delivered by next Tuesday".
In business correspondence, I
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Thanks for your explanation. l recast a new sentence as follow:
I will send these goods by express this Tuesday, and usually the transport takes three days, so they will be delivered this Friday.
I will send these goods by express this Tuesday, and usually the transport takes three days, so they will be delivered this Friday.
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The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea, but is extended in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well.
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SinbadsunnyI will send these goods by express this Tuesday, and usually the transport takes three days, so they will be delivered this Friday.As you qualify with "usually", you may want to change "will be " to "should be".
If the addressee is also the recipient, you could say "delivered to you".
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AnonymousThe term shipping originally referred to transport by sea, but is extended in American English to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well.I don't know why that article specifies American English. It is the same in the UK, and, I would speculate, other English-speaking countries too.
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GPYI don't know why that article specifies American English. It is the same in the UK, and, I would speculate, other English-speaking countries too.Not as much as it is in the USA. Outside that, shipping generally just means what is literally shipping, transport by ship. It doesn't make any sense to use it for transport by other means.
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AnonymousIt doesn't make any sense to use it for transport by other means.I disagree. I see it used for transport by other means.
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GPYI disagree. I see it used for transport by other means.That's more common in American English.
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