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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
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Sentence structure
Could you tell me whether the following sentence sounds fine?
Thank you.
Unfortunately, while failing to manage communications, companies always get into a crisis by degrees.
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Thank you.
Unfortunately, while failing to manage communications, companies always get into a crisis by degrees.
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The only thing that bothers me about this sentence is that "crisis" is singular, which implies that lots of companies are in the same crisis. I would either write "into crisis", which is kind of an idiom; or "into crises", which is the plural of "crisis".
- The only thing that bothers me about this sentence is that "crisis" is singular, which implies that lots of companies are in the same crisis.
- I would either write "into crisis", which is kind of an idiom; or "into crises", which is the plural of "crisis".
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The only thing that bothers me about this sentence is that "crisis" is singular, which implies that lots of companies are in the same crisis. I would either write "into crisis", which is kind of an idiom; or "into crises", which is the plural of "crisis".
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