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Pamela81 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

To arrange

Hi,

I would like to know if "to arrange"could be a synonym for "to supply" or to "provide for" :

"the electrical connections will be arranged at the fair"

"we will provide for the electrical connections"

"we will supply the electricity at the fair"

Thanks

Pamela
  

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Pamela81 I would like to know if "to arrange"could be a synonym for "to supply" or to "provide for" No. That's not a synonym. You can provide or supply electricity at the fair, but you can only "arrange to provide or supply electricity" - not arrange electricity.

— CalifJim

  • Pamela81 I would like to know if "to arrange"could be a synonym for "to supply" or to "provide for" No.
  • That's not a synonym.
  • You can provide or supply electricity at the fair, but you can only "arrange to provide or supply electricity" - not arrange electricity.
  • To arrange would be to make arrangements, for example, to organize a way for other people or companies to provide the electricity.
  • CJ
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Pamela81I would like to know if "to arrange"could be a synonym for "to supply" or to "provide for"
No. That's not a synonym. You can provide or supply electricity at the fair, but you can only "arrange to provide or supply electricity" - not arrange electricity. To arrange would be to make arrangements, for example, to organize a way for other people
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Hi! thank you for replying.

Is "to supply" a synonym for "to provide for" ?

Can I use to arrange to say : "can you arrange the payment within the end of the week" ?

Thanks

PAMELA
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Pamela81Can I use to arrange to say : "can you arrange the payment within the end of the week" ?
Yes, but the "within" part isn't quite right. Here are some ways that I would write it:

Can you arrange to pay by/before the weekend?

Can you arrange payment by/before the end of the week?

Can you make arrangements to pa
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Hi,



thank you for the examples very helpful.



Can I know why to omit the "the" ? I thought it was necessary..the customer knows what kind of payment I was referring to.



Thanks for explaining



Pamela






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As I said, it's idiomatic. That is, it's just a word group that is used with a certain meaning even though it might not follow the usual rules of grammar. In the context of business there are many such word groups. The vocabulary of business is a little more terse than ordinary, everyday vocabulary, and words that we might say in an ordinary conversation are omitted in the context of business.
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