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Rayman55 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Traffic penalty

Are all of these correct?

A) They recover unpaid traffic penalties.

B) They recover unpaid traffic charges.

C) They recover unpaid debt,

D) They recover unpaid rent arrears.

E) They recover unpaid traffic fines.

Thank you
  

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They are all correct grammar. But your choice of words is not always natural or logical. The word 'collect' is better than the word 'recover'.

— Clive

  • They are all correct grammar.
  • But your choice of words is not always natural or logical.
  • The word 'collect' is better than the word 'recover'.
  • 'Traffic penalties / charges' are not natural phrases.
  • Nor is 'unpaid .
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They are all correct grammar.

But your choice of words is not always natural or logical.

The word 'collect' is better than the word 'recover'.
'Traffic penalties / charges' are not natural phrases.
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CliveThey are all correct grammar.But your choice of words is not always natural or logical. The word 'collect' is better than the word 'recover'. 'Traffic penalties / charges' are not natural phrases.Nor is 'unpaid . . . arrears'.Clive
thanks. I am referring to the work of enforcement officers and bailiffs (debt recovery). Do the sentences seem logical/natura
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No.

'Recovery' suggests you had something in your possession, gave it to someone else, and now want it back.

eg Tom loaned money to Mary. Now he wants to recover it.

Where I live, companies that get money from you because you owe it are
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I get where you're coming from, but if a traffic fine is left unpaid and the debtor cannot pay up, a bailiff can take some of the debtor's possessions to sell.
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