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Kirans Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
We are a customer
Can I say "We are a partner not a customer"? Or what is correct way to say this?
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Just add a comma: We are a partner , not a customer . CB
- Just add a comma: We are a partner , not a customer .
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"we" is plural, and so the sentence has to allocate this plurality. It should really read "We are partners, not customers." (Cool Breeze is right about the comma.)
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"We" may refer to a group of people, an orchestra, for example, or a company, which is only one partner in something. In British English the use of we and they is common in such contexts.
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Your examples are all collective nouns though. Partner is not a collective noun. An orchestra is made up of many people. Whereas a partner is one person. A partnership is the collective noun. So it could be "We are a partnership..."
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Cool Breeze"We" may refer to a group of people, an orchestra, for example, or a company, which is only one partner in something. In British English the use of we and they is common in such contexts.CBIn American English, this usage "We are a partner, not a customer" is also completely acceptable. Partnership has an entirely different connotation: that is, a
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