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Elcid Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Whats the mistake?
1)HE will arrange directly with the authority concerned for the recruitment and training of technicians.
2) He prefer to write than to dictate.
3)you dont require to do any sampling.
The above sentences are wrong. But I dont know what the mistakes are. I read that there is a mistake in first sentence in directly but I dont know why, it seems alright to me.
2) He prefer to write than to dictate.
3)you dont require to do any sampling.
The above sentences are wrong. But I dont know what the mistakes are. I read that there is a mistake in first sentence in directly but I dont know why, it seems alright to me.
Top answer
Briefly, HE will arrange directly with the authority concerned for the recruitment and training of technicians. Should be: He will arrange directly with the authority concerned with the recruitment and training of technicians. He prefer to write than to dictate.
- Briefly, HE will arrange directly with the authority concerned for the recruitment and training of technicians.
- Should be: He will arrange directly with the authority concerned with the recruitment and training of technicians.
- He prefer to write than to dictate.
- Should be: He prefers to write rather than to dictate.
- you dont require to do any sampling.
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Briefly,
HE will arrange directly with the authority concerned for the recruitment and training of technicians.
Should be:
He will arrange directly with the authority concerned with the recruitment and training of technicians.
He prefer to write than to dictate.
Should be:
He prefers to write rather than to dictate.
you dont re
HE will arrange directly with the authority concerned for the recruitment and training of technicians.
Should be:
He will arrange directly with the authority concerned with the recruitment and training of technicians.
He prefer to write than to dictate.
Should be:
He prefers to write rather than to dictate.
you dont re
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Hello Cid and Tom
It seems to me that the corrected version of sentence (1) now lacks a 'thing arranged':
[He will arrange directly with] [the authority concerned with the recruitment and training of technicians.]
This is because in the corrected version, 'recruitment and training' are no longer 'the thing arranged', but are what defines the authority (i.e. it's no
It seems to me that the corrected version of sentence (1) now lacks a 'thing arranged':
[He will arrange directly with] [the authority concerned with the recruitment and training of technicians.]
This is because in the corrected version, 'recruitment and training' are no longer 'the thing arranged', but are what defines the authority (i.e. it's no
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.. which now makes 'direct' a direct adjective modifier of 'arrangements' rather than an adverb of the mode of contact with the appropriate authority.
How about: 'He will arrange directly with the concerned authority for the recruitment and training of technicians' or 'He will arrange for the recruitment and training of technicians directly with the authority concerned'?
How about: 'He will arrange directly with the concerned authority for the recruitment and training of technicians' or 'He will arrange for the recruitment and training of technicians directly with the authority concerned'?
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Hello M.
Although we're moving from 'verb modified by adverb' [arrange directly with] to 'verb + noun modified by adjective' [make direct arrangements with], the meaning remains the same.
('Making arrangements' in this instance = 'the mode of contact'.)
Or would you say the two phrases were not synonymous? (Perhaps the 'directly' phrase puts more emphasis on the 'dir
Although we're moving from 'verb modified by adverb' [arrange directly with] to 'verb + noun modified by adjective' [make direct arrangements with], the meaning remains the same.
('Making arrangements' in this instance = 'the mode of contact'.)
Or would you say the two phrases were not synonymous? (Perhaps the 'directly' phrase puts more emphasis on the 'dir
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