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FRANKLY SPEAKING Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

the structure of this sentence ?

Loans to be repaid over a period of one to four years are short -term loans.

I think we could have said : Loans which are repaid over ... .right ?

could you explain the usage of the infinitive in the sentence above ?

Thanks in advance
  

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Either the original or your version is fine. " As it happens, this is an area I write about quite frequently. We DO use the personal YOU when writing to our borrowers.

— BarbaraPA

  • Either the original or your version is fine.
  • " As it happens, this is an area I write about quite frequently.
  • We DO use the personal YOU when writing to our borrowers.
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Either the original or your version is fine. I think the person writing it was trying to avoid the use of the word "you," as in "Loans you have to repay over..."

As it happens, this is an area I write about quite frequently. We DO use the personal YOU when writing to our borrowers. However, if I wanted to avoid that, I would have written "Loans with a one- to four-year repayment period ar
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FRANKLY SPEAKINGLoans to be repaid over a period of one to four years are short -term loans.

I think we could have said : Loans which are repaid over ... .right ?

could you explain the usage of the infinitive in the sentence above ?

Thanks in advance

Hi Frankly,

Loans to be repai
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