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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
sequence and order
Calls will be answered in the order in which they were received.
Can I change the word order to sequence or sequencing? Please advise.
LC
Can I change the word order to sequence or sequencing? Please advise.
LC
Top answer
You could, but order is much better. Sequence suggests that the calls arrived in a deliberate pattern.
- You could, but order is much better.
- Sequence suggests that the calls arrived in a deliberate pattern.
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You could, but order is much better. Sequence suggests that the calls arrived in a deliberate pattern.
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To me order it's better for a single reason: it's more general and thus understood by more people.
Sequence is a bit "intellectual" in this context.
But other than that, it's perfectly OK here, IMO. See:
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sequence
c : the order in which events are connected or related in time :
simple succes
Sequence is a bit "intellectual" in this context.
But other than that, it's perfectly OK here, IMO. See:
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sequence
c : the order in which events are connected or related in time :
simple succes
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