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[nq:1]What do you think of the phrase "an unrendered service"? (as in "They continually thank me for unrendered services" ... The word "unrendered" isn't in the dictionary I looked at, and the phrase "unrendered service" only gets 1 google hit.[/nq]
I would think of it as the opposite of "services rendered". In fact "services unrendered" gets 68 google hits. Here is a snippet from the first hi

[nq:2]What do you think of the phrase "an unrendered service"? ... and the phrase "unrendered service" only gets 1 google hit.[/nq]
[nq:1]I would think of it as the opposite of "services rendered". In fact "services unrendered" gets 68 google hits. Here ... I might add), but I had to marvel at all the technology involved in what was a fairly simple transaction."[/nq]
I believe the OP alrea

Chris Kern wrote on 02 Oct 2004:
[nq:1]What do you think of the phrase "an unrendered service"? (as in "They continually thank me for unrendered services" ... The word "unrendered" isn't in the dictionary I looked at, and the phrase "unrendered service" only gets 1 google hit.[/nq]
People charge fees for services rendered, so being thanked for unrendered services sounds not strange to me.

[nq:2]What do you think of the phrase "an unrendered service"? ... and the phrase "unrendered service" only gets 1 google hit.[/nq]
[nq:1]I would think of it as the opposite of "services rendered". In fact "services unrendered" gets 68 google hits. Here is a snippet from the first hit I got:[/nq]
You just gotta lighten up, Fran. 'Services rendered', nine times outta ten, means you got ***

[nq:1]Or perhaps the receiver of those thanks doesn't perform very well those services and the people are better off without them?[/nq]
Not an Oy!, exactly, but "perform very well those services" just doesn't work. The adverbial "very well" has to come in final position: "doesn't perform those services very well".

Now, I know this because I'm a native speaker, but I'm not really satis

[nq:2]Or perhaps the receiver of those thanks doesn't perform very well those services and the people are better off without them?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not an Oy!, exactly, but "perform very well those services" just doesn't work. The adverbial "very well" has to come ... I'm now an EFL teacher it would seem to behove me to be able to supply an explanation. I can't.[/nq]
Thank you for the correction

[nq:2]Or perhaps the receiver of those thanks doesn't perform very well those services and the people are better off without them?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not an Oy!, exactly, but "perform very well those services" just doesn't work. The adverbial "very well" has to come ... EFL teacher it would seem to behove me to be able to supply an explanation. I can't. Can anyone else?[/nq]
(Looking over what I'v

[nq:2]Not an Oy!, exactly, but "perform very well those services" ... able to supply an explanation. I can't. Can anyone else?[/nq]
[nq:1](Looking over what I've scrawled below, I almost wish I hadn't said it. Best to get Michael Swan's book as soon as you can.)[/nq]
I really shouldn't have asked this because I should have known that somebody was going to tell me that Swan's Practically Us

[nq:2](Looking over what I've scrawled below, I almost wish I hadn'tsaid it. Best to get Michael Swan's book as soon as you can.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I really shouldn't have asked this because I should have known that somebody was going to tell me that Swan's ... I want a list of synonyms of "sometimes", I'll get a thesaurus. Time to open a bottle of wine. Grr...[/nq]
By all means go with the wine:

On 02 Oct 2004 14:26:55 GMT, (Email Removed) (Arcadian Rises) posted the following:
[nq:1]What I didn't understand from OP's example is why should one thank for unrendered services.[/nq]
Because they think it's polite to say meaningless "thank you"s even when there's really nothing specific to be thanking them for. That's maybe not why people "should" do it, but why they might.

-C