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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Which sounds better?

We have just opened a warehouse in Whitby, so feel it's important to support local events like this.

Or

We have just opened a warehouse in Whitby and feel it's important to support local events like this.

Which is better? Does the 1st one make us sound selfish?

Thanks
  

Top answer

Anonymous Does the 1st one make us sound selfish? Why would it make you sound selfish? What are you trying to say?

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Does the 1st one make us sound selfish?
  • Why would it make you sound selfish?
  • What are you trying to say?
  • Why would a warehouse opening cause people to feel that civic pride is important?
  • And what does that have to do with being selfish?
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AnonymousDoes the 1st one make us sound selfish?
Why would it make you sound selfish? What are you trying to say? Why would a warehouse opening cause people to feel that civic pride is important? And what does that have to do with being selfish?

Your sentences raise more questions than they answer. I think you need to rephrase some of this because
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We've opened a warehouse that stocks toolkits for boilers, and we are sponsoring an event in the area which is aimed at our target audience. We're sponsoring the event so that we increase brand awareness. We are writing a news
update. Thank you, CJ.
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AnonymousWe've opened a warehouse that stocks toolkits for boilers, and we are sponsoring an event in the area which is aimed at our target audience. We're sponsoring the event so that we increase brand awareness. We are writing a newsupdate. Thank you, CJ.
I just answered another similar post which I believe is also yours. Take a look at that one. I think i
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Sorry, CJ. It doesn't answer my concerns. In this post, I have provided one sentence with "by" and replaced it with "and" in the other. I'd like to know if one sentence makes us seem less selfish. I feel the first one might imply that we only sponsored the event because we would gain something from it. But I'm not sure if I'm the only person who thinks that.
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AnonymousI feel the first one might imply that we only sponsored the event because we would gain something from it.
Well, I don't get that from that sentence, and I've already said that I don't get much from it at all. Both of those sentences are anomalous in my opinion. What you have on the other thread is much better.

CJ
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i haven't explained the context to you properly - sorry. Before this sentence, there is a sentence that explains that we have sponsored an event. Actually, the sentence has been changed to "We recently opened a warehouse in Whitby, enabling us to offer a more local service to our clients, and feel that it's important to support local events like this." Basically, the company is sponsoring local ev
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