Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Both shipments ( AV items and electrical items) have been collected by DHL and UPS respectively.
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anonymous Both shipments ( AV items and electrical items) have been collected by DHL and UPS respectively. Not so much. Both can't be collected by two respectively, and the reader should not have to dig around in a parenthetical to find the referents.
- anonymous Both shipments ( AV items and electrical items) have been collected by DHL and UPS respectively.
- Not so much.
- Both can't be collected by two respectively, and the reader should not have to dig around in a parenthetical to find the referents.
- I think I know what you mean, but that is not good enough for business.
- Throw a few more pixels at it to be clear: Both shipments have been collected.
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anonymousBoth shipments ( AV items and electrical items) have been collected by DHL and UPS respectively.
Not so much. Both can't be collected by two respectively, and the reader should not have to dig around in a parenthetical to find the referents. I think I know what you mean, but that is not good enough for business. Throw a few more pixels at it
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