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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Usage of 'request'
Could you confirm whether both of the following sentences are correct? Also, it there any meaningful difference between them?
1. I made a request for sending the goods by air.
2. I requested to send the goods by air.
1. I made a request for sending the goods by air.
2. I requested to send the goods by air.
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Neither of those is a good sentence. I suggest: I requested that the goods be sent by air.
- Neither of those is a good sentence.
- I suggest: I requested that the goods be sent by air.
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Neither of those is a good sentence. I suggest:
I requested that the goods be sent by air.
I requested that the goods be sent by air.
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lucas21cThen, how about "I made a request to send the goods by air?"I guess that is passable, but it is not the greatest sentence ever written, in my opinion. The implied subject of "to send" seems somewhat vague and uncertain.
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