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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Signature

1i00May I have your signature on these papers when you have a chance?02i02br
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01i00May I have your signature on this document when you have a chance?02i02br
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01i00Could you sign on this document when you have a chance?02i02br
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002 and 3 are my sentences. Are they correct to say about the same meaning of 1?02br
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0Hi LiJ,02br 02br 002 and 3 are fine, but 3 is a little special. It would usually be found only where a number of people need to sign the document. 0-

— Avangi

  • 0Hi LiJ,02br 02br 002 and 3 are fine, but 3 is a little special.
  • It would usually be found only where a number of people need to sign the document.
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0Hi LiJ,02br
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002 and 3 are fine, but 3 is a little special. It would usually be found only where a number of people need to sign the document. We also say, "Could you sign off on this?" This last expression is asking for your approval as well as your signature.02br
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10Are they correct to say about the same meaning of 1?12blockquote
10 I would say so, but there's no 01i00on02i00 after the verb 01i00sign02i00:02br
01i00Could you sign this document ...? 02i00 (not 01i00si
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0Hi, CJ -02br
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00My sense of "on," in 01i00sign on this document02i00, is not as 01i01b00on02b00 the paper02i00, but rather 01b00on02b00 whatever the paper represents - like, 01i00What's your opinion on this?.02i00 I hear it said, perhaps incorrectly.02br
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0 Hmm. I see what you mean. For that, I guess I prefer 01i00to sign on 01b00to02b00 (this document)02i00.02br
00It didn't occur to me that the original poster was going for that concept in any case. But who knows!? 05002br
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0Can you also say, 02br
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00Can you please 01i00sign off this document02i00? (without on)0-
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0I've never heard it that way, N2g.02br
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00When you hand someone a document, and say, "Could you please sign off on this?" you're asking for his approval, which he then signifies by signing.02br
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00Two years ago I spent an entire day at the Department of Building and Safety, getting a $150 permit to put new shingles on my roof. I had to wait in li
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0Thank you Avangi. It better be safe than sorry. But still accidents happen, like the Minessota bridge collapse.0-
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0Thanks, Avangi and CJ.02br
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00Got it!0-
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0Hi guys 02br
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01i001. May I have your signature on01b00 these papers02b00 when you have a chance?02i02br
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01i002. May I have your signature on 01b00this document02b00 when you have a chance?02i02br
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01i001. May I have your signature on01b
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0Hi YL02br
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00I've learned here that a document means a set of papers and doesn't have to mean only one paper. 02br
00So, in these cases, I think both are possible but if these papers are, kind of, stapled together then 'this document' must be used.0-
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