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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Is this sentence correct to say

one week has been passed over, please advise when do you expect send the cheque / check to us?
  

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Anonymous one week has been passed over, please advise when do you expect send the cheque / check to us? "One week has been passed over" is a correct clause, but it's not idiomatic (natural) in this case. " "To pass over" is an idiom in my example.

  • Anonymous one week has been passed over, please advise when do you expect send the cheque / check to us?
  • "One week has been passed over" is a correct clause, but it's not idiomatic (natural) in this case.
  • " "To pass over" is an idiom in my example.
  • " Your sentence has a comma splice.
  • I'd suggest a full stop (period and capital letter).
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Anonymousone week has been passed over, please advise when do you expect send the cheque / check to us?
"One week has been passed over" is a correct clause, but it's not idiomatic (natural) in this case.
(Don't forget the capital.)

We'd say, "This is the third time she's been passed over for a promotion."

"To pass over" is an idiom in m

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