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Dominik Posted 19 years ago
Letter Writing

We are the main producers

0 01i00We are the main producer01b00S02b02i01b00 02b00-> This sentence is logical for me if there are some producers. But the sentence is from a busines letter and it is written by A company. So why they used plural form 01i00producerS02i00?02br
00Shouldn't it be 01i00We are the main producer02i00 or it doesn't matter?02br
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00Thanks in advance!0-
  

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0The writer (as is likely his wont) has used '01b 01i 00we02i 02b 00' as the pronoun referent for his company, thus considering the company as a number of workers or producers. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 0The writer (as is likely his wont) has used '01b 01i 00we02i 02b 00' as the pronoun referent for his company, thus considering the company as a number of workers or producers.
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0The writer (as is likely his wont) has used '01b01i00we02i02b00' as the pronoun referent for his company, thus considering the company as a number of workers or producers. You are right, however, that it could also read singular.0-
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0 Mister Micawber, thank you very much for your reply. So it up to the writer, whether he/she regards a company as a group of workers/producers (plural - 01i00We are the main producerS02i00) or whether he/she takes it as a uniform whole (singular - 01i00We are the main producer02i00). Am I right? 0-
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0 I have another question.02br
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01i00We HEAR that you are exporters of ...02i02br
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00Why is the beginning of the sentence in Present simple? Shouldn't it be 01i00We HAVE HEARD that you are exporters of ... 02i00???02br
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00THX in advance!0-
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0Yes, the choice is the speaker's.02br
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00Present simple works here: present simple is timeless-- 01i00they 01b00hear02b02i00 from many of their customers perhaps, now, in the past, and probably in the future.0-
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0 Mister Micawber, thank you very much for your clear explanation.0-
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