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Is there a difference in the two sentences and/or which is clearer:
The primer coat of paint will begin after we have received paint color selections.
or
The primer coat of paint will begin after we receive paint color selections.
Top answer
They are equivalent. However, neither one is clear, because I don't know who is selecting and who is painting. Is this a shop which is doing the painting after a customer makes a color selection?
- They are equivalent.
- However, neither one is clear, because I don't know who is selecting and who is painting.
- Is this a shop which is doing the painting after a customer makes a color selection?
- " ("after we have received" is equivalent, as I said.
- But I always personally prefer fewer words.
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They are equivalent. However, neither one is clear, because I don't know who is selecting and who is painting. Is this a shop which is doing the painting after a customer makes a color selection? In that case, I would say this:
"We will begin applying the primer coat of paint after we receive your color selections."
("after we have received" is equivalent, as I said. But I always p
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