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Florazheng1015 Posted 18 years ago
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pass on..to...
American food companies are preparing for another round of price increases. Soaring production costs have forced them to pass on price increases to consumers.
My original sentence is " forced them to shift price increases to consumers. But an American revised my words to ' pass on ...to... .Could someone tell me why " pass on ...to.." is better than "shift ...to..."? Thank you!
My original sentence is " forced them to shift price increases to consumers. But an American revised my words to ' pass on ...to... .Could someone tell me why " pass on ...to.." is better than "shift ...to..."? Thank you!
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Hi, It's just more idiomatic. Clive
- Hi, It's just more idiomatic.
- Clive
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florazheng1015American food companies are preparing for another round of price increases. Soaring production costs have forced them to pass on price increases to consumers.
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florazheng1015 forced them to shift price increases to consumers.Don't listen to the Americans! I once worked with a British electrician who, several times a day, sang the famous music hall tune:
Oh they're moving father's grave to build the sewer/ They're moving it regardless of expense/ Oh they're shifting his remains to make way for s
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