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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sentence structure

1. Could you tell me which one is right among the following sentences?

1A. We couldn't find out the way to increase sales of our new product.
1B. We couldn't find out the way that we would increase sales of our new product.
1C. We couldn't find out the way which would increase sales of our new product.

2. Can I replace the underlined 'would' in the sentence #2 and #3 with 'could'?
  

Top answer

I think this may be the natural way of saying what you mean: We couldn't find a way to increase sales of our new product.

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  • I think this may be the natural way of saying what you mean: We couldn't find a way to increase sales of our new product.
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I think this may be the natural way of saying what you mean:

We couldn't find a way to increase sales of our new product.
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Then, how about the following sentences? Could you tell me which one is right?

1. We can't find a way that we will increase sales of our new product.
2. We can't find a way which will increase sales of our new product.
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lucas21cThen, how about the following sentences? Could you tell me which one is right?1. We can't find a way that we will increase sales of our new product.2. We can't find a way which will increase sales of our new product.
(1) is more wrong than (2), and (2) is more wrong than the suggestion in my last reply.
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If #1 is wrong, is the following underlined part also wrong? I extracted the following sentences from 'chicago.suntimes.com'.

You lose a game, you've got to bounce back and find a way that it doesn't happen again. I think it's important to see how someone bounces back from those things.
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lucas21cIf #1 is wrong, is the following underlined part also wrong? I extracted the following sentences from 'chicago.suntimes.com'.You lose a game, you've got to bounce back and find a way that it doesn't happen again. I think it's important to see how someone bounces back from those things.
The use of "that" is not formally correct. It might be tolerated as
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