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Mr02077 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
To which of the two an article should be bound to?
I am a software developer and the sentence I have wrote to my client is:
"here is an excerpt from a current Connect-Manager action result"
My question is to what the indefinite article in front of the word "current" should be related to : "Connect-Manager action" or "result".
If it's "Connect-Manager action" then the article should be "the", as "the" goes with "current" and "Connect-Manager action" is an action generally known.
If it's "result" then the article should be "a" as I have taken some random action result to use it as an example.
If "Connect-Manager action" is the right choice here, is it that the article always gets bound to the closest noun or it is a special case here?
Thank you for helping
"here is an excerpt from a current Connect-Manager action result"
My question is to what the indefinite article in front of the word "current" should be related to : "Connect-Manager action" or "result".
If it's "Connect-Manager action" then the article should be "the", as "the" goes with "current" and "Connect-Manager action" is an action generally known.
If it's "result" then the article should be "a" as I have taken some random action result to use it as an example.
If "Connect-Manager action" is the right choice here, is it that the article always gets bound to the closest noun or it is a special case here?
Thank you for helping
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"Connect-Manager action result" means nothing to me. It appears as if this is a compound noun with the head noun "result", in which case the article "a" would apply to "result". However, I think it would be preferable if you could explain the meaning of this phrase.
- "Connect-Manager action result" means nothing to me.
- It appears as if this is a compound noun with the head noun "result", in which case the article "a" would apply to "result".
- However, I think it would be preferable if you could explain the meaning of this phrase.
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"Connect-Manager action result" means nothing to me. It appears as if this is a compound noun with the head noun "result", in which case the article "a" would apply to "result". However, I think it would be preferable if you could explain the meaning of this phrase.
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It is a compound noun in the way you have described.
I would not like to overload text with some unrelated IT data, but here it is:
Clients use our selling app and while on the quote they have a button labeled "Connect-Manager" available.
If the user clicks on it a result file is generated and downloaded as an attachment in the browser.
Everything that is important f
I would not like to overload text with some unrelated IT data, but here it is:
Clients use our selling app and while on the quote they have a button labeled "Connect-Manager" available.
If the user clicks on it a result file is generated and downloaded as an attachment in the browser.
Everything that is important f
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The clients use our selling app and while they are creating a quote, they see a button labeled "Connect-Manager" available.
If the user clicks on it, a result file is generated and downloaded as an attachment in the browser. (emails have attachments, not browsers. Maybe it opens in a new tab/window in the browser, or downloads a file?)
If the user clicks on it, a result file is generated and downloaded as an attachment in the browser. (emails have attachments, not browsers. Maybe it opens in a new tab/window in the browser, or downloads a file?)
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As far as I can tell, "Here is an excerpt from a current Connect-Manager action result" is not a natural way of expressing this. I would suggest something like "Here is an excerpt from a result file generated using the Connect-Manager button". If readers know and understand "Connect-Manager" as a software feature, module etc. (more than just a button label) then you could just say "... using Conne
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AlpheccaStars,
help and corrections on the actual question asked would have more point.
GPY,
thanks for helping.
Excerpt is exactly what I was pasting down, not the whole file. "Current" was referring to the current functionality of Connect-Manager, as it evolves constantly.
My motiv
help and corrections on the actual question asked would have more point.
GPY,
thanks for helping.
Excerpt is exactly what I was pasting down, not the whole file. "Current" was referring to the current functionality of Connect-Manager, as it evolves constantly.
My motiv
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In a concatenated string of nouns, the head noun is normally at the end, and any article attaches to this head noun.
mr02077But that is what I keep getting the least help and questions for, in the answer above.You didn't choose a good example to illustrate the point. Your example is hard to understand and feels strained. This distracted from your question.
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mr02077I am a software developer and the sentence I have wrote to my client is:"here is an excerpt from a current Connect-Manager action result"Sorry that I edited the sentence you have written, but it was very difficult to understand.
"an excerpt from a current Connect-Manager action result" is grammatically OK, but it can be more clearly written:
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