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Subject:Re: Better Wording From:Cam Whetstone <camw -at- HOME -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 5 Oct 1998 06:24:56 -0400
Dahlia <dahlia -at- ITWORX -dot- COM> wrote:
>
> Subject: Better Wording
> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 12:05:15 +0200
> From: Dahlia <dahlia -at- ITWORX -dot- COM>
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have this sentence "The company was responsible for developing the
> integrated system, XXXXX".
>
> Do you think the word "responsible" is adequate in this context. Does
> anybody have a better way to say this piece of info?
>
> Thank you all
> Dahlia
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dahlia;
Depends. Did the company develop the system, or was it just responsible
for developing it. If it developed it, I would simply say: "The company
developed integrated system XXXXX".
