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Latest post Sat, Nov 7 2009 3:17 PM by Yankee. 1 replies.
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Anonymous  +  964344 Sat, 07 Nov 09 02:56 PM
Is the following sentence grammatically correct?

When the company I am employed by has a bad quarter, I can expect to receive the usual- "please watch supply expense" message.

Yankee  +  964357 Sat, 07 Nov 09 03:17 PM
Grammatically, the sentence is OK (though you should remove the dash after the word "usual").


Practically speaking, I'd say most people would not use the passive phrase "the company I am employed by" in that sentence, and would instead simply say "my company". Thus, your sentence may tend to sound contrived.

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