Mixed tenses
Would you say that the tenses have been applied properly and that the sentences have also been constructed properly?
I have advised him that it is a fire hazard, and that I am only doing our job. However, he advised that he would like to speak with the person who sent the email.
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Largely that is OK. "I am only doing our job" reads a bit strangely though. We would say "I am only doing my job" or "we are only doing our job".
- Largely that is OK.
- "I am only doing our job" reads a bit strangely though.
- We would say "I am only doing my job" or "we are only doing our job".
- "advised" in this sense is jargony, and for me the repetition of it in the second sentence is a bit much.
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Largely that is OK. "I am only doing our job" reads a bit strangely though. We would say "I am only doing my job" or "we are only doing our job".
"advised" in this sense is jargony, and for me the repetition of it in the second sentence is a bit much. For the second sentence, I would look for another word (e.g. "said") instead. However, this is a stylistic preference, and what you have w
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