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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Question starting with if

I am a foreign student in Canada, and sometimes the language is tricky to me. I would like to ask something, my professor quite often uses phrases like this: "If material costs should be included in direct costs while calculating the markup?"
Does it make sense, is it correct? I mean, I feel like something is missing. Or the phrase should be like this: Should material costs be included...

Thank for your time.
  

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" That is just what it is, a phrase, not a complete sentence. I think you need to listen carefully and accurately record more of the context of your professor's utterance.

— Mister Micawber

  • " That is just what it is, a phrase, not a complete sentence.
  • I think you need to listen carefully and accurately record more of the context of your professor's utterance.
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Anonymous my professor quite often uses phrases like this: "If material costs should be included in direct costs while calculating the markup?"
That is just what it is, a phrase, not a complete sentence. I think you need to listen carefully and accurately record more of the context of your professor's utterance.
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Hi

The full construction is "If ... then ..."

However, the sentence can be completed by making a gesture, say, to a board being written on

- If I include material cost here ..."

Dave
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If the chicken had some butter??
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