http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSimplifySentences/gwlnq/post.htm#543846Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:30:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:543846Goodman0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSimplifySentences/gwlnq/post.htm#543846http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-543846.xml<font>2.) Damaged cables of motor and button have been found for Pump no.1 &amp; no.2 respectively. - This can mean &#39;Damaged cables of motor&nbsp;for Pump no.1 &amp; button&nbsp;for Pump no.2 have been found.&quot;<br /><br />I see&nbsp;connflicts in logic with this sentence. First,&nbsp; &quot;damaged&nbsp;cables &nbsp;were found&quot; sounds like they were lost. and now someone has found them. If there were pump motor problems caused by the defective&nbsp;cables, then it should be expressed as follows: <br />The&nbsp;failure for pump # 1 and switch problem on pump # 2&nbsp;were believed to have been caused by the defective cables&nbsp;which have been located. <br />&nbsp;<br /></font><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSimplifySentences/gwlnr/post.htm#543830Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:41:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:54383026TMNTJG2PG1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSimplifySentences/gwlnr/post.htm#543830http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-543830.xml<span><font>2.) Damaged cables of motor and button have been found for Pump no.1 &amp; no.2 respectively. - This can mean &#39;Damaged cables of motor&nbsp;for Pump no.1 &amp; button&nbsp;for Pump no.2 have been found.&quot;<br />&nbsp;<br />Unless I&#39;m restricted in the number of words to use, I would use sentence 1 and sentence 3 to avoid possible misunderstandings.</font></span><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSimplifySentences/gwllc/post.htmSun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:543798Ben91082http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowToSimplifySentences/gwllc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-543798.xml<p><span><font><strong>I would like to seek someone help to comment following sentences.</strong> </font></span></p> <p><span><font>&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p><span><font>1.) Damaged cables of motor for pump no.1 and damaged cables of button for pump no.2 have been found.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p><span><font>&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p><span><font>2.) Damaged cables of motor and button have been found for Pump no.1 &amp; no.2 respectively.</font></span></p> <p><span><font>&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p><span><font><strong>Sentence no.1 is it same meaning of sentence no.2</strong><br /><br /><br />3) Damaged X cables of motor for pump no.1 and damaged Y cables of button for pump no.2 have been found. <br /><br /><strong>How simplify the sentence no.3 ?</strong></font></span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>