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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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Our non-profit organization

0Our non-profit organization was founded to help the poor and hungry. Clothes dropped off at our drop-off boxes are collected on a regular basis depending on manpower availability.02br
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0Stylisticially, "Clothes dropped off at our drop-off boxes" is poor due to repeition.02br
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00Clothing left at our drop-off boxes... would be better.02br
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00I question WHY you include "depending on manpower availability." 0-
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0Thanks, GG.02br
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00I question WHY you include "depending on manpower availability." 02br
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00The reason is that the organization is run by volunteers, so at times, they are short staffed and can't run collection as scheduled. Is the phrase odd to you? 0-
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1i00I question WHY you include "depending on manpower availability." 02i02br
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01i00The reason is that the organization is run by volunteers, so at times, they are short staffed and can't run collection as scheduled. Is the phrase odd to you? 02i02br
01i00..................at our drop-off boxes are collected on a regular b
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0Thanks, GG and Optilang. I love it when the correction goes beyond grammar. It really helps me understand what is natural and what's not.0-
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