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Sarah88 Posted 17 years ago
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Update / updates

Usually I send out a list of on-going deals every Thursday, and ask everyone to update the status. May I write, "Please send me the updates " or should I write "Please send me the update" ?

"Tony will give us some updates on this assignment."
"Tony will give us an update on this assignment" <- Is this mean that he will only give us ONE piece of new information on the assignment. If he will give us a lot of information, then I should use " some updates" ?

When to use " updates" and "update" ? Please kindly help me to clarify this confusion.

Many thanks,
S
  

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Sarah: I think of an update as one batch of information, generally on one subject. It can be a lot of information, but it is all together. So I would say: "Tony will give us an update on this assignment"

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  • Sarah: I think of an update as one batch of information, generally on one subject.
  • It can be a lot of information, but it is all together.
  • So I would say: "Tony will give us an update on this assignment"
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Sarah: I think of an update as one batch of information, generally on one subject. It can be a lot of information, but it is all together. So I would say:

"Tony will give us an update on this assignment"
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Okay, I see. Do we use " updates" at all? If yes, could you give me an example as well.

thanks,
S.
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Yes. When there is more than one update. For example, suppose there are three projects, and in the meeting you expect an update on each project from different people.

In the meeting next week, Jim, Joe, and Mary will give us updates on their projects.
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