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Pamela81 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Plenty of time

Hi all!

could you please correct the following sentences and maybe suggest something better?

"please note that we there is not plenty of time, therefore I need your answers asap in order to go on\to proceed\to go ahead ? (which is the correct word to use?)

Is "plenty of time" OK? I wish to say that we have not much time!Could it be possible to say "we have not plenty of time"?

Thanks you

Pamela
  

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plenty of can only be used in affirmative statements, not with a negation. So you can say We have plenty of time. But you cannot say We do not have plenty of time.

— CalifJim

  • plenty of can only be used in affirmative statements, not with a negation.
  • So you can say We have plenty of time.
  • But you cannot say We do not have plenty of time.
  • Say We don't have much time .
  • Please note that there is not much time left, so I need your answers as soon as possible [so that we can / in order to] proceed ...
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plenty of can only be used in affirmative statements, not with a negation. So you can say We have plenty of time. But you cannot say We do not have plenty of time. Say We don't have much time.

Please note that there is not much time left, so I need your answers as soon as possible [so that we can / in order to] proceed ...

Normally you would
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:-( it is embarassing, I have written so many times "there is not plenty of time" and I was wrong :-(

I like the expression: "there is not much time left" THANKS!

Regarding "to proceed with" OK. Does it make sense to say "to proceed with the deal" ? I mean to proceed with our business affair

Thanks

Pamela
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Pamela81Does it make sense to say "to proceed with the deal"
That might work. I don't know the details of what you're doing together with these people you're writing to. proceed with the work, proceed with the design, proceed with the order. All are possible depending on the situation.

But let me back up a little. You can just stop with
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ok. thanks!

I sometimes read "to move ahead" does it makse sense? Note that I read it in some mails written from people from India and Pakistan so no english native speakers

Thanks

Pamela
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Yes. move ahead works. Also continue to make progress.

I need your answers as soon as possible so that we can move ahead.

I need your answers as soon as possible so that we can continue to make progress.

CJ
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thanks!

"to make progress"sounds to me so unnatural..but ..ok.

I understand

Cheers

Pamela
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