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Eunjinny Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Matters
(mere matters of business)
I'd like to know if i can use "mere matters of your business", to say that matters of your business is mere.
Also, what is 'business matter'?
I'd like to know if i can use "mere matters of your business", to say that matters of your business is mere.
Also, what is 'business matter'?
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It sounds rather rude and pompous to me, in any structure, but if you must, ' merely a matter of business ' is what I suppose you mean. Business matters = topics, discussion, concerns related to business.
- It sounds rather rude and pompous to me, in any structure, but if you must, ' merely a matter of business ' is what I suppose you mean.
- Business matters = topics, discussion, concerns related to business.
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It sounds rather rude and pompous to me, in any structure, but if you must, 'merely a matter of business' is what I suppose you mean.
Business matters = topics, discussion, concerns related to business.
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It sounds rather rude and pompous to me, in any structure, but if you must, 'merely a matter of business' is what I suppose you mean.
Business matters = topics, discussion, concerns related to business.
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It is the matter of going to school or not.
If i want to include she(Her)who does this action, how should i say?
I saw a phrase 'their years of research"
then, i wonder if i can say 'years of their research', if not, why it can't be.
Thank you.
If i want to include she(Her)who does this action, how should i say?
I saw a phrase 'their years of research"
then, i wonder if i can say 'years of their research', if not, why it can't be.
Thank you.
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It is the matter of going to school or not.
If i want to include she(Her)who does this action, how should i say?-- It is a matter of her going to school or not.
I saw a phrase 'their years of research"
then, i wonder if i can say 'years of their research', if not, why it can't be.-- No. It is not the way we structure the idea
It is the matter of going to school or not.
If i want to include she(Her)who does this action, how should i say?-- It is a matter of her going to school or not.
I saw a phrase 'their years of research"
then, i wonder if i can say 'years of their research', if not, why it can't be.-- No. It is not the way we structure the idea
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