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This is Eddie from adidas NZ. We are about to begin a promotional campaign in which we provide mentors our exclusive shoe product range for free, hoping to have them pass on fliers to our target market. To do this, I was hoping you could give me your personal trainers’ contact details, whether it be an email dress, which is preferable, or a mobile phone number.

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1)Do you think the way I have used this phrase is correct? I have coped and pasted one rule/use from a credible site showing the uses of ing phrases which I think my phrase matches. Would you agree I have used the phrase correctly for the usage they explain below? Or do you see it not restating the action of the verb as such, but more functioning like an adverbial participle: "Because we hope to have them pass on fliers to our target market, we are about to...." Hence, it would be grammatical thus: "Hoping to have them pass..., we are about to..."???

2)Do you have any other comments on the paragraph above?

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In final position, they usually present a different type of information. That is, they may restate more specifically the action of the main verb in the base clause, as in example. We first sawed around the pattern, cutting slightly outside feather edges.

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Thanks a heap in advance!

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

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Sorry, I lost some of your underlining, Eddie. I edited your original post because all the colours and emoticons were distracting. Please stick to the basic 3 if you are asking questions: italics, bold and underlining.

This is Eddie from Adidas NZ. We are about to begin a promotional campaign in which we provide free mentors for our exclusive range of shoes, hoping to have them distribute fliers to our target market. To accomplish this, I was hoping you could give me your personal trainer's contact details-- a mobile phone number or preferably an email address.

1)Do you think the way I have used this phrase is correct?-- Yes
2)Do you have any other comments on the paragraph above?-- No
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Eddie88 · Answer

Hi, it has to be 'adidas' as that is how the brand is always written.

Why did you change it to trainer's details? There is more than one personal trainers' details needed...

Thanks, the edits you have made are good. I didn't think too much about how I wrote it; I mainly was focusing on the ing phrase...

Thanks

Mister Micawber · Answer

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Hi, it has to be 'adidas' as that is how the brand is always written.-- No. That is how the logo, not the brand name is written; it is a proper noun. Examples:

'The German athletic footwear giant, Adidas AG and its Canadian subsidiary on Friday said it has filed suit in the Federal Court of Canada, claiming that certain footwear sold by Payless infringes upon Adidas’Adidas America Inc. nearly $305 million in a similar trademark infringement case that lasted seven years.'

'French prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation Wednesday into allegations that entities linked to Michelin, Adidas and Elf laundered the profits of tax evasion in Liechtenstein.'

'The company's clothing and shoe designs typically feature three parallel bars, and the same motif is incorporated into Adidas's current official logo.'

'In 1948 Rudolf Dassler went on to create the famous " Puma' sneakers, while Adolph created the famous three stripe brand: Adidas. Adolph got the name Adidas from his nick name Adi and the first three letters of his last name Dassler trademark three-stripes image. The lawsuit comes almost a year after a Portland jury awarded Portland-based.'

Why did you change it to trainer's details? There is more than one personal trainers' details needed...-- I presumed that there is normally only one trainer per letter recipient; if that is not true, then please change it to plural.
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