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Whl626 Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Receipt vs receiving

It is common to see in the business correspondence. " Sending doesn't guarantee receipt ", I wonder if we can replace receipt with a gerund ' receiving ' to make the sentence look more balanced and I don't see why not we can't since ' sending ' is also a gerund.

Receipt sounds like a piece of paper to me. I feel awkward to see it being used in such way.

Any comments ?
  

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The original expression was probably something like this; Sendind your goods doesn't necessarily guarantee our receipt OF your goods. I guess that since the expression was frequently used, it became simplified. Others may have better information about this.

— Mike in Japan

  • The original expression was probably something like this; Sendind your goods doesn't necessarily guarantee our receipt OF your goods.
  • I guess that since the expression was frequently used, it became simplified.
  • Others may have better information about this.
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The original expression was probably something like this;
Sendind your goods doesn't necessarily guarantee our receipt OF your goods.
I guess that since the expression was frequently used, it became simplified.
Others may have better information about this.
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Close to it Mike. In fact, "receipt" means "the act of receiving" or "the fact of being received". As you see, the latter applies to the sentence under discussion. Unfortunately, there is no similar word for "sending". In business English, you could sound more especific if you use "delivery" instead of sending:

Delivery does not guarantee receipt.

The ing-form used to be d
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Hmmm, since the use of gerund is not against the rule of grammar.

I think ' Sending doesn't guarantee receiving ' is OK to use
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I tend to think people would probably understand you WHL. Emotion: smile
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To play safe, I think it is better to use what others have already done so.Emotion: smile
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I would say that in most cases delivery doesn't mean receipt, or in other words sending doesn't mean receiving, but I would also say that in our case it does. However, I wouldn't be so sure about what the last message means.
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