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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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This is proper English?

0I am proofing a technical document and the auther quite frequently uses "allows to" and similar constructs, e.g.02br
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00This allows to find out which metadata files point to the data file.02br
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00This doesn't sound correct to me. I think it should be 02br
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00This allows <something> to find out which metadata files point to the data file.02br
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00What "<something>" is of course depends on the context of the discussion. I'm pretty sure though that the original version is not proper English. Can someone confirm this?02br
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00Words like 'enables' or 'permits' are also used in such texts, as well as 'allows'.02br
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0Yes, I've seen cases of these as well in this document. These also do not ring true to me. The original author is Italian and I suspect it is a translation issue.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Yes, I've seen cases of these as well in this document. These also do not ring true to me. 11u11b10The original author is Italian 12b12u10and I suspect it is a translation issue.10Ha! I was going to answer in this thread but then I changed my mind. I just wanted to say th
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01cite10Anonymous12cite11span11span10This allows <something> to find out which metadata files point to the data file.12span12span12br
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10The <something> is a pronoun. The best choice for impersonal use i
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