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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Thiruvananthapuram/Kollam vs Thiruvananthspuram, Kollam
Dear all,
At our office we had to send a communication to District Medical Officers of 6 districts of our state. The clerk concerned wrote the address as given below. I think that the symbol "/" should be replaced with "commas" since as per my understanding the symbol "/" means 'either this or that'. But here the communication. should be send to the District Medical Officers of six districts. So the symbol "/" should be replaced with "commas" as "Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Palakkad. I'd like to get your opinion on this.
"From
The Director of Health Services
To
The District Medical Officer of Health,
Thiruvananthapuram/Kollam/Idukki/
Alappuzha/Ernakulam/Palakkad."
At our office we had to send a communication to District Medical Officers of 6 districts of our state. The clerk concerned wrote the address as given below. I think that the symbol "/" should be replaced with "commas" since as per my understanding the symbol "/" means 'either this or that'. But here the communication. should be send to the District Medical Officers of six districts. So the symbol "/" should be replaced with "commas" as "Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Palakkad. I'd like to get your opinion on this.
"From
The Director of Health Services
To
The District Medical Officer of Health,
Thiruvananthapuram/Kollam/Idukki/
Alappuzha/Ernakulam/Palakkad."
Top answer
The District Medical Officers of Health in the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki, Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Palakkad.
- The District Medical Officers of Health in the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki, Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Palakkad.
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The District Medical Officers of Health in the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki,
Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Palakkad.
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My personal opinion is that if the slash is customary in your region, and everybody understands its meaning, it's not worth fussing over. Either slashes or commas, or even semicolons, should work.
I might ask the clerk if that's the usual way of writing those addresses and if the communications always get to their proper destinations.
But surely this is an inside address, isn't it
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