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Hi Experts, please help to identify which portion is error.

the head of the purchasing department told me send out this order as soon as i possibly could.

A. purchasing.
b. told
c. send out
d. as soon as.

i think it sould be C. as i think it should be "..told me to send out..."

Grammarfreak · Accepted Answer

amit82the head of the purchasing department told me send out this order as soon as i possibly could.

You need to capitalize "the" and "i".

amit82i think it sould be C. as i think it should be "..told me to send out..."

C - is correct because you need a "to infinitive" to form the action, " to send" but the word order should be " to send this order out...".

Amit82 · Answer

thanks a lot for your help.

RandomGuy · Answer

grammarfreakbut the word order should be " to send this order out...".

Why's that? Both sound fine to me.

to send this order out
to send out this order

If this were functioning as a pronoun, however, I would agree with you.

to send out this

Still, it's not wrong, just weird sounding.

Amit82 · Answer

Hi,

Can you please help me in finding the error in the below?

She wishes that she has more time
A B C
to study computer programming.
D

I feel like it should be C i.e "has" but not sure why and what should be the correct sentence.

As per reported speech format "wishes" is present simple, hence after that "she has" is correct also. I am confused with present reported speech format.

Amit

Grammarfreak · Answer

Aspara GusWhy's that? Either sounds fine to me.

Hi Gus,
We all know what looks grammatically correct doesn't always mean it sound smooth, which you have admitted. I didn't intend to mean that it is wrong to say "sent out this order". I think most people can figure out the meaning. I merely pointed out the normal collocation.

Grammarfreak · Answer

Corrected:

grammarfreakwhat looks grammatically correct doesn't always mean it will sound smooth,

RandomGuy · Answer

grammarfreakWe all know what looks grammatically correct doesn't always mean it sound smooth, which you have admitted. I didn't intend to mean that it is wrong to say "sent out this order". I think most people can figure out the meaning. I merely pointed out the normal collocation.

Hi, grammarfreak,

I think you were mostly pointing out your opinion of what sounds better. Both are common and seem to be "normal" and "smooth" to me, so I think stating that one should be used instead of the other is a bit opinionated and may mislead the OP.

amit82She wishes that she has more time
A B C
to study computer programming.
D
I feel like it should be C i.e "has" but not sure why and what should be the correct sentence.
As per reported speech format "wishes" is present simple, hence after that "she has" is correct also. I am confused with present reported speech format.

I can see why you think has is right, but it isn't. When we talk about unfavorable conditions in the present, to wish is followed by the verbs had, could, was, or were. Although the verbs appear to be in the past tense, they are really used to describe an unreal situation in the present.

She wishes that she had more time. But she doesn't have more time.
He wishes he were/was a world class baker. But he isn't a world class baker.
I wish I could read minds. But he can't read minds.

vs.

She had plenty of time.
He was a world class baker.
He could read minds.

She has plenty of time.
He is a world class baker.
He can read minds.

Grammarfreak · Answer

Aspara GusI think you were mostly pointing out your opinion of what sounds better.

Gus,
This is my point. Call it "opinionated" if you will. I hope you will find all three grammatical. If my opinion is acceptable to you ( based on common collocation ) doesn't # 3 sounds the best?
1) I sometimes enjoy being alone.
2) I enjoy sometimes being alone.
3) I enjoy being alone sometimes.
For the same reason, between " send out this order" and " send this order out", I said " should be send this order out. What I should have said was, it sounds less awkward.

Aspara GusBoth are common and seem to be "normal" and "smooth" to me,

I think what sounds normal can be subjective. I supposed that is your opinion.

RandomGuy · Answer

grammarfreak1) I sometimes enjoy being alone.
2) I enjoy sometimes being alone.
3) I enjoy being alone sometimes.
For the same reason, between " send out this order" and " send this order out", I said " should be send this order out. What I should have said was, it sounds less awkward.

To my ear, the send out this order isn't at all comparable in awkwardness to the other forms of I enjoy being alone sometimes.

It doesn't really matter what we think. I'm sure the OP will use whichever construction he prefers.

Grammarfreak · Answer

Aspara GusTo my ear, the send out this order isn't at all comparable in awkwardness to the other forms of I enjoy being alone sometimes.It doesn't really matter what we think.

Maybe this is where we differ. People who post questions here are mostly ESL level learners who have little or no cognizance what sound natural, odd, awkward and wrong. It is my belief that we as their helper should point out how the language is used by the mass of mainstream population. If something sounds odd or awkward, we should point it out and correct it so that they can learn how natural English flows.

Aspara Gusdoesn't really matter what we think. I'm sure the OP will use whichever construction he prefers.

I don't see it that way. It is not a matter of preference if they want to use the language naturally.

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