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TeacherJapan Posted 8 years ago
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Is this sentence free from mistakes?

The company will invite chemical makers in order to share infrastructure and thereby improve productivity.
  

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No. "In order to" makes it sound like merely inviting them will result in the company's sharing infrastructure, which is nonsense. " That means that the company will offer chemical makers the opportunity to share infrastructuere, which is still not quite what you mean, because it is not clear who is sharing what with whom.

  • No.
  • "In order to" makes it sound like merely inviting them will result in the company's sharing infrastructure, which is nonsense.
  • " That means that the company will offer chemical makers the opportunity to share infrastructuere, which is still not quite what you mean, because it is not clear who is sharing what with whom.
  • Is the company offering to share its infrastructure with them, is the company offering to broker a sharing of infrastructure among them, or is the company trying to create a consortium of infrastructure-sharing companies?
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No. "In order to" makes it sound like merely inviting them will result in the company's sharing infrastructure, which is nonsense. I suppose you mean "The company will invite chemical makers to share infrastructure and thereby improve productivity." That means that the company will offer chemical makers the opportunity to share infrastructuere, which is still not quite what you mean, because i

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