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Kozoy Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
may still be vs. may still have been
I am writing a notice for hotel guests to let them know that their shower room was not cleaned (some guests like to let their bath powders/salts/essence to sit for a few hours before using it).
The rough draft of the notice is below, but I am uncertain of the tense I should be using.
Can anyone help me?
"While performing our daily turndown services, we noticed that your shower room might still be in use. In an effort to ensure your privacy, we have left it as is.
Please feel free to contact Guest Services at any time to arrange for a service staff member to assist you."
I am struggling with getting the wording right while keeping it formal.
Any help would be much appreciated.
The rough draft of the notice is below, but I am uncertain of the tense I should be using.
Can anyone help me?
"While performing our daily turndown services, we noticed that your shower room might still be in use. In an effort to ensure your privacy, we have left it as is.
Please feel free to contact Guest Services at any time to arrange for a service staff member to assist you."
I am struggling with getting the wording right while keeping it formal.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Top answer
The first sentence sounds good. ’ Maybe it’s just me, but it sounded as though the staff member would assist the occupant to do the bath cleaning.
- The first sentence sounds good.
- ’ Maybe it’s just me, but it sounded as though the staff member would assist the occupant to do the bath cleaning.
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The first sentence sounds good. The second might need modification:
‘Please feel free to contact Guest Services at any time to arrange for a service staff member to complete our cleaning.’
Maybe it’s just me, but it sounded as though the staff member would assist the occupant to do the bath cleaning.
‘Please feel free to contact Guest Services at any time to arrange for a service staff member to complete our cleaning.’
Maybe it’s just me, but it sounded as though the staff member would assist the occupant to do the bath cleaning.
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Thank you for your reply wilpeter.
I can definitely see how my original sentence could be misread. Thank you.
I can definitely see how my original sentence could be misread. Thank you.
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