warrener  +  246806 Wed, 19 Jul 06 05:48 AM Is the usage "suffer...bad performance" correct: "Without a scheduling method, the project will suffer bad performance" ? warrener Joined on Sun, Feb 27 2005 Full Member 145

	Clive  +  246815 Wed, 19 Jul 06 06:41 AM Hi, "Without a scheduling method, the project will suffer bad performance" ? Is the usage "suffer...bad performance" correct No, it's very awkward and unnatural. Say something like 'The project will not be successful / will have a lot of problems'. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,678 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	warrener  +  247105 Wed, 19 Jul 06 07:37 PM Thank you clive. Is that to say, the word"performance" itself indicates "good performming", so "bad performance" is an awkward phrase? warrener

	Clive  +  247179 Wed, 19 Jul 06 11:57 PM Hi again, Without a scheduling method, the project will suffer bad performance" ? Is that to say, the word"performance" itself indicates "good performming", so "bad performance" is an awkward phrase? No. It 's an awkward choice of words, because the word 'performance' usually relates to people. It is people who perform. In addition, the word 'suffer' also relates mainly to people. It is people who suffer. Finally, although 'suffer' can be used transitively, it is more often used intransitively: suffer from something. If you put all these problems together, you get an awkward sentence. Best wishes, Clive Clive

	Grammar Geek  +  247215 Thu, 20 Jul 06 03:00 AM Usually you would say someone gave a bad performance (such as a musician) or put on a bad performance. Or that they performed poorly. Things can perform too, but there's a sense of action: You can have poor performance from the engine in your car, for example.  Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!