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Niue Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Parallel Structure
Hi! I read the following script in a TOEIC Speaking book:
“Hi, Mohammed. This is Sam.
I just got your voicemail about the printing job.
I would rather go with the original printer. Maybe you can ask them to print twenty copies first and make sure they deliver them on time, before you have a meeting with a client, and then they can finish up the rest of the copies later… after you have a meeting.”
I think the underlined sentence can be analyzed into the following:
#1. You can ask them to print twenty copies first and (you can ask them to) make sure they deliver them on time.
#2. You can ask them to print twenty copies first and (you can) make sure they deliver them on time.
Which one do you think is correct? #1? #2?
Thanks in advance.
“Hi, Mohammed. This is Sam.
I just got your voicemail about the printing job.
I would rather go with the original printer. Maybe you can ask them to print twenty copies first and make sure they deliver them on time, before you have a meeting with a client, and then they can finish up the rest of the copies later… after you have a meeting.”
I think the underlined sentence can be analyzed into the following:
#1. You can ask them to print twenty copies first and (you can ask them to) make sure they deliver them on time.
#2. You can ask them to print twenty copies first and (you can) make sure they deliver them on time.
Which one do you think is correct? #1? #2?
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
#2
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I'm not sure it matters, does it?
If you make sure they deliver them on time, you have to ask them to deliver them.
"Hi - Could you start with 20 copies? It's really important that they be delivered on time. Thanks."
I think if I wanted Mohammed to personally check that they had been delivered, I would say that.
Could you please stop by the office and make sure they were
If you make sure they deliver them on time, you have to ask them to deliver them.
"Hi - Could you start with 20 copies? It's really important that they be delivered on time. Thanks."
I think if I wanted Mohammed to personally check that they had been delivered, I would say that.
Could you please stop by the office and make sure they were
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