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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

We were informed by only your department that they are going to deliver the order to us on [date].
We were informed only by your department that they are going to deliver the order to us on [date]
  

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Anonymous Which sentence is grammatically correct? Neither seems clear in meaning. What do you mean by 'only' and 'your department'?

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Which sentence is grammatically correct?
  • Neither seems clear in meaning.
  • What do you mean by 'only' and 'your department'?
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Anonymous Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Neither seems clear in meaning. What do you mean by 'only' and 'your department'?
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Thank you for your kind help on this.

The procurement department is claiming that they did not inform us about the delivery of the order, but they only informed us that the supplier is going to deliver it to us on [date]. After the delivery of order, they said they were not aware of this delivery, so I need to state that they are the one only informed us about this delivery. Shall I wri
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Anonymousclaiming that they did not inform us about the delivery of the order, but they only informed us that the supplier is going to deliver it
Then I think 'only' is confusing there; it seems to me this is your point:

It was your department that informed us that they were going to deliver the order to us on [date].
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