Please correct this sentence- Be careful its tricky!!

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The Payroll Office sent your income tax information to you.

Mike in Japan · Accepted Answer

There is no obvious problem in this sentence that I can see.
Perhaps you could also say;
The payroll office [pay office?] has sent your income tax information [statement, summary, group certificate?] to you.
or .... has [already] sent you your .......
I hope this helps

Ryan smith · Answer

Tricky? It looks fine.

See Mike's advice above if you want to make it sound better.

Chris · Answer

I would say:

The Payroll Office sent you your income tax information, or as Mike said: The Payroll Office has sent you your income tax information.

Razz · Answer

Like I said it was tricky. The correct answer is:
The payroll clerk will send your income tax information to you
Offices are inanimate objects and cant do anything.the action is created by a person.

Trellis · Answer

I think that you may be incorrect.

I think that the word office may be used in that way,
as the instrument of the action.

office (ô´fîs, òf´îs) noun
Abbr. off.
1. a. A place in which business, clerical, or professional activities are conducted. b. The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place.
2. A duty or function assigned to or assumed by someone. See synonyms at FUNCTION.
3. A position of authority, duty, or trust given to a person, as in a government or corporation: the office of vice president.
4. a. A subdivision of a governmental department: the U.S. Patent Office. b. A major executive division of a government: the British Home Office.
5. A public position: seek office.
6. offices. Chiefly British. The parts of a house, such as the laundry and kitchen, in which servants carry out household work.
7. Often offices. A usually beneficial act performed for another.
8. Ecclesiastical. A ceremony, rite, or service, usually prescribed by liturgy, especially: a. The canonical hours. b. A prayer service in the Anglican Church, such as Morning or Evening Prayer. c. A ceremony, rite, or service for a special purpose, especially a rite for the dead.

noun, attributive
Often used to modify another noun: office furniture; office buildings.
[Middle English, from Old French, duty, from Latin officium.]

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Hitchhiker · Answer

Yep, it's a perfectly valid statement.

Mike in Japan · Answer

The only possibe error I can see is that pay office is spelt with caps.

Chameleon · Answer

"The Payroll Office sent your income tax information to you."

That's called metonymy and it's grammatically acceptable.

"The White House released a statement indicating...." etc.

Please correct this sentence- Be careful its tricky!!

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