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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Too much use of the word "for"?


Here is the sentence:

Company Inc. issued two checks to you for "Pay for Quality" in October 2008, but one was in error.

Does the use of the word "for" back to back sound wrong? Suggestions?
  

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It's not exactly beautiful, but I wouldn't agonize over it. One of the "Pay for Quality" checks issued to you in October 2008 was in error.

  • It's not exactly beautiful, but I wouldn't agonize over it.
  • One of the "Pay for Quality" checks issued to you in October 2008 was in error.
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It's not exactly beautiful, but I wouldn't agonize over it.

One of the "Pay for Quality" checks issued to you in October 2008 was in error.

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