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Flower1234 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Previously?

Is this sentence correct? Is there a clearer way to say it?

I see that this document was previously referred by Mr. Smith as a Training Report and now he refers it as a Supplementary Report.
  

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It's fine, except I think you mean "referred to", and an independent clause introduced by "and" takes a comma: "I see that this document was previously referred to by Mr. "

  • It's fine, except I think you mean "referred to", and an independent clause introduced by "and" takes a comma: "I see that this document was previously referred to by Mr.
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It's fine, except I think you mean "referred to", and an independent clause introduced by "and" takes a comma: "I see that this document was previously referred to by Mr. Smith as a Training Report, and now he refers to it as a Supplementary Report."

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