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RJD Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Is this sentence correct?
All the cleaning work will be carried out by our XL team. But, If any sub-contractor is doing any messy work on site, they should take the responsibilty of site tidies and cleanliness
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Hi, I don't particularly care for your second sentence. For one thing, it contradicts your first. " Any subcontractors" would be plural.
- Hi, I don't particularly care for your second sentence.
- For one thing, it contradicts your first.
- " Any subcontractors" would be plural.
- For yet another, "site tidies" is really gay, although we may no longer say so.
- The grammar is fine, except for the agreement problem.
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Hi,
I don't particularly care for your second sentence.
For one thing, it contradicts your first.
For another, "any subcontractor" is singular and doesn't agree with "they should." Any subcontractors" would be plural.
For yet another, "site tidies" is really gay, although we may no longer say so.
I don't particularly care for your second sentence.
For one thing, it contradicts your first.
For another, "any subcontractor" is singular and doesn't agree with "they should." Any subcontractors" would be plural.
For yet another, "site tidies" is really gay, although we may no longer say so.
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RJD they should take the responsibilty of site tidies and cleanlinessEdit. I would omit "the" in this clause, and use "for" instead of "of."
"they should take responsibility for X."
But I'm not prepared to say your version is incorrect (take the responsibility of X).
And we need a period at the
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