By Dates, Clauses

Re: please correct me, thanks

.First, we apologize for any inconvenience caused by our late submission of the letter of credit to you.Our customer required a seaway bill of lading instead of a bill of lading, which means that we only received the document copy from the forwarder, not the original. Therefore, we are unable to...

please correct me, thanks

First, we are apologize for any inconvenience caused for our late submitted the letter of credit to you. Our customer is required Ocean bill of lading instead of bill of lading, that mean we only received the copy document from the forwarder, but not the original. Therefore, we are unable to...

Please correct my letter to my new employer

I am drafting a letter to my new employer to clarify the clauses in the contract. Please correct if I have made any mistakes in the letter. Thank you very much in advance. Dear Sir, I am writing to confirm in receipt from you an offer of employment letter, a template of reference form...

Re: subordinate clause? in a question

Hi, Is starting off with a what looks to be a subordinate clause in a question correct? No problem. It's commonly done. Reflecting on his past work experience, would you say he is a good candidate for the job? Taking into consideration the fact that he has quite an extensive background...

subordinate clause? in a question

Hi, Is starting off with a what looks to be a subordinate clause in a question correct? Reflecting his past work experience, would you say he is a good candidate for the job? Taking into consideration the fact that he has quite an extensive background in working with cars, would you say he...

open conditional

Hi, What is an open conditional? Is that another name for first conditional or what? Does that mean the element of hypothetical doesn't exist in an open conditional or can it accommodate both hypothetical and real? But I see cases where the verb or auxiliary verb 'did' or 'did...

Re: suggest that

Hi Pructus, What you have is a sentence that belongs to a group whose content clause expresses commands, requests, or suggestions. This type of clause often uses the present subjunctive mood and follows a group of verbs like: ask, demand, insist, mandate, propose, suggest, recommend, as...

Re: Is this an appositive or adverbial phrase?

Is "of all the candidates who are running" an appositive or some sort of strange relative/adjective clause.Not an appositive. Not a strange clause either! Just an ordinary prepositional phrase. Avangi has done most of the hard work already, showing that it's a matter of rearranging the...

Is this an appositive or adverbial phrase?

Nora, of all the candidates who are running, is the best. Is "of all the candidates who are running" an appositive or some sort of strange relative/adjective clause. I think that it is not an adjective clause, because a relative pronoun is not found at the beginning of the phrase. Any help...

Re: Present Participle

Hi Sgofpl, I can't illucidate but I too am confused. I've often seen these analyses offered, seemingly as options, where something is said to modify the whole phrase or clause rather than a particular word. I'm looking forward to some learned opinions. Your use of "than" is not typical. Do...