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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

It has been twenty-eight days since you received my application kit but I still have not received any response till yet.


Is the following sentence correct?
It has been twenty-eight days since you received my application kit but I still have not received any response till yet.
  

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Hi Jackson 1. I have no idea what an application kit is. 2.

  • Hi Jackson 1.
  • I have no idea what an application kit is.
  • 2.
  • Twenty-eight is usually written 28.
  • 3.
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Hi Jackson

1. I have no idea what an application kit is.

2. Twenty-eight is usually written 28.

3. Till yet is a wrong collocation of words. I would say: ... but I still have not received a/any response, or: ... but I have not yet received a response. / ... but I have not received a response yet. / ... but I have received no reply so far.
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Hi CB,

1: If you google for the phrase application kit, there will be quite a few listings. The phrase application kit is used to mean an application and all the related forms.

2: But don't you think twenty-eight is more formal, after all we aren't doing maths?

3: You are correct. It's a wrong collocation.

Thanks a lot for the help.
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hello

It has been twenty-eight days since you received my application kit but I still have not received any response till yet.

i need to ask please..

the position of still in this sentence is wronge, right?

i think it makes it heavy

maybe it should be

(but still i have not received any response yet)

thanks
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Reem3 i think it makes it heavy
Perhaps "heavy" is called for here. The least emphatic (and most popular) usage is "but I have still not received any response." (I think "yet" is redundant. Aha, I notice CB had the same impression.)

I'll grant my placement of "still" is a bit lo
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Hi,
In the context of my culture, I'd write this a great deal more politely. It sounds rather pushy and demanding to me.
Is 28 days really a long time to wait in such a situation?

Best wishes, Clive
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Re: 28 vs. twenty-eight.

Almost all style guides say if the number is greater than ten, use the numerals.

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