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Re: Yet one more - really need an explanation for this one
Subject:Re: Yet one more - really need an explanation for this one From:Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com> To:dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com Date:Wed, 20 May 2009 11:35:14 -0500
The client is always right :-) I don't think this is a grammatical issue,
although perhaps there's something else in the context that would make it
so.
My take: It sounds to me like they want to write from the perspective that
development is on-going.
PS I'm getting dups of all your emails, Deborah. Any idea what's going on?
Kathleen
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Deborah Hemstreet <
dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a sentence that reads:
>
> XX Systems were developed based on over 10 years of research ...
>
> The client wants:
>
> XX Systems *are *developed based on over 10 years of research ...
>
> I am certain that "are" is incorrect here, but don't know how to explain
> this. Can you help?
>
> Thanks
>
> Deborah
>
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