Feathers  +  699238 Mon, 20 Apr 09 12:27 AM Dear all, I have two questions of the same kind. Instead of ... #1. The target is set to 1,000 units per month. #2. The annual total production is estimated to be 12,000 units. ... using these sentences (and I believe these are correct), could I use: #1'. The target is set as 1,000 units per month. #2'. The annual total production is estimated as 12,000 units. ?? How do you think of this use of "as"? Many, many thanks, as always! Feathers Sentences

	Best answer by Clive  +  699317 Mon, 20 Apr 09 05:09 AM Hi, I have two questions of the same kind. Instead of ...     #1. The target is set to 1,000 units per month. This is not wrong, but more often you'd hear The target has been set at 1,000 units per month. The target is 1,000 units per month.   #2. The annual total production is estimated to be 12,000 units.  This is not wrong, but more often you'd hear The total annual production is estimated as 144,000 units. For the next year, the total monthly production is estimated as 12,000 units.   Best wishes, Clive     Clive

	metal.carratt  suggested by malojaszu  +  699254 Mon, 20 Apr 09 01:10 AM I would think 'at' sounds better.  metal.carratt Joined on Thu, Feb 26 2009 Gwangju, South Korea New Member 20

	malojaszu  suggested by malojaszu  +  699257 Mon, 20 Apr 09 01:36 AM I agree with metalcarret. "at" 1000 units sounds most correct. malojaszu Joined on Mon, Apr 20 2009 New Member 05 Wszystko pozadku!

	Feathers  +  699265 Mon, 20 Apr 09 02:10 AM Hi metal.carratt and malojaszu, thanks a lot for your suggestion. Yep, you are right -- after googling I find the most common collocation is "be set at...", seems like.Thank you both! Still.. I might still want to use "is set to .." in my sentence (if it sounds acceptable) because what I actually wanted to say is "The monthly target is set (closer) to 1,000 unit level in the first quarter" or something like that. Does that make sense...? I might prefer "is estimated to be", not "is estimated at" in the second sentence, too. The full sentence is "According to the latest forecast, the total production number of 2009 is estimated to be 12,000 units". So.. "as" in these sentences seems to be a bad choice. I just wanted to know how it sounds to others, and if it does sound wrong, why it is wrong. Any ideas? I appreciate any comments. Feathers Writing, Sentences

	Feathers  +  699605 Tue, 21 Apr 09 12:30 AM Clive, I don't know how to thank you, really. Googling and my dictionaries didn't help me much when it comes to the question whether these collocations are OK/acceptable/rare/wrong. I am sure I will have another chance to use these expressions in the near future, and I promise you to use your versions :))) "The total annual" sounds better than "the annual total', huh...! It is really good to know! Thank you again, Clive :))) Feathers