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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Office

I'm writing about how the company I work for has just bought another room in a building. Here's some background information: The Manchester office was opened in 2005. It's a room that accommodates 20 people in a building that is shared by other companies. We have just bought the room next door. Is it correct to refer to the new room as "a new office"? To date we've been referring to the old room as the "Manchester office".
  

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If the new room is an extension of the ‘Manchester office’ functions, with perhaps the same phone number and mail room, it wouldn’t need a separate name. It could be called the ‘additional space’ or ‘increased facilities’ of the Manchester office. If it has a peculiar function and different management, it would be a ‘new office’.

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  • If the new room is an extension of the ‘Manchester office’ functions, with perhaps the same phone number and mail room, it wouldn’t need a separate name.
  • It could be called the ‘additional space’ or ‘increased facilities’ of the Manchester office.
  • If it has a peculiar function and different management, it would be a ‘new office’.
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If the new room is an extension of the ‘Manchester office’ functions, with perhaps the same phone number and mail room, it wouldn’t need a separate name. It could be called the ‘additional space’ or ‘increased facilities’ of the Manchester office. If it has a peculiar function and different management, it would be a ‘new office’.
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Thanks. Two of the teams in the "Manchester office" are moving to the new room. The management will be the same. I feel dishonest telling people we've got "another new office" when in fact we've just bought another room in the same building.
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