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ccscjackie



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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:32 am    Post subject: any mistake? Reply with quote
Hello all,

Is there any grammatical mistake in each of the following sentence?


1. Out of the 40 e-mails that I was required to send, I have only sent 20
of them.

2. We cannot deliver the goods to you until Friday.


Many thanks!
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Lorikeet



Joined: 08 Oct 2005
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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:16 am    Post subject: Re: any mistake? Reply with quote
ccscjackie wrote:
Hello all,

Is there any grammatical mistake in each of the following sentence?


1. Out of the 40 e-mails that I was required to send, I have only sent 20
of them.

2. We cannot deliver the goods to you until Friday.


Many thanks!


I think it would take fewer words to say, "I have only sent 20 e-mails out of the 40 that I was required to send."

The second sentence is correct.
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ccscjackie



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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you, Lorikeet!
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