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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
ungrammatical sentence?
Hi,
Consider the following sentence:
"Enter email address of invited participants and send the message".
It looks somewhat ... "suspicious" to me.
How would YOU fix this sentence?
Which of the following versions are correct grammar?
(1) "Enter email addresses of invited participants and send the message".
(2) "Enter the invited participants' email addresses and send the message".
3) "Enter valid email addresses of the invited participants and send the message".
If none of these versions is passable, please let me know your choice
Thank you!
mus-te
Consider the following sentence:
"Enter email address of invited participants and send the message".
It looks somewhat ... "suspicious" to me.
How would YOU fix this sentence?
Which of the following versions are correct grammar?
(1) "Enter email addresses of invited participants and send the message".
(2) "Enter the invited participants' email addresses and send the message".
3) "Enter valid email addresses of the invited participants and send the message".
If none of these versions is passable, please let me know your choice
Thank you!
mus-te
Top answer
Hi Mus-te; The first problem is, as you detected, the plural of address. There is more than one participant, and each one will have an email address, so there more than one needs to be entered. " Instructions should be crystal clear.
- Hi Mus-te; The first problem is, as you detected, the plural of address.
- There is more than one participant, and each one will have an email address, so there more than one needs to be entered.
- " Instructions should be crystal clear.
- For example: Enter the email addresses of invited participants and press the "send button" to send me the list..
- Enter the email addresses of invited participants and press the "send button" to send them the invitation.
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Hi Mus-te;
The first problem is, as you detected, the plural of address. There is more than one participant, and each one will have an email address, so there more than one needs to be entered.
The second problem is the ambiguous reference to "message." Instructions should be crystal clear.
For example:
Enter the email addresses of invited participants and
The first problem is, as you detected, the plural of address. There is more than one participant, and each one will have an email address, so there more than one needs to be entered.
The second problem is the ambiguous reference to "message." Instructions should be crystal clear.
For example:
Enter the email addresses of invited participants and
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