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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is this right

Hi everybody,

Is this sentence correct:

"he did the work not with the quality that he should have."

Thanks.
  

Top answer

My version: He didn't do the work with the quality that he should have.

— Philip

  • My version: He didn't do the work with the quality that he should have.
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My version: He didn't do the work with the quality that he should have.
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PhilipMy version: He didn't do the work with the quality that he should have.
Emotion: yes

Or: "H
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The quality of his work was not what it should have been.
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Just one more way to skin the chicken.....Emotion: big smile

Even though he did/ finished the work, it wasn't done with quality (in mind)
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grammarfreakHe completed the work, however, the quality wasn't there.
We need more than a comma before 'however', in my opinion.
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fivejedjon grammarfreakHe completed the work, however, the quality wasn't there.We need more than a comma before 'however', in my opinion.
In mine, as well. [ I changed a typo a in your post, 5JJ. ]
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I can appreacite your point of view. Some may think a period (or full -stop as the Brits call it) or a semicolon may be in order, and I in fact thought about it. However, I opted a comma because I felt the semantics allows the continuation of a single sentence structure, rather than two. I think it is a matter of contexts and style in my humble opinion. Here is a couple of variances on punctuatin
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