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What does "trigger off " mean? | owner-operated municipal enterprise?
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do so v.s. do that #1 (permalink) Wed Jul 18, 2007 13:22 pm   do so v.s. do that
 

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I cannot do that myself due to insufficient permissions (It's required that one be in the sys_admin group)


Could you, please, check this sentence. What is your take on its correctness?

Thank you :)
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do so v.s. do that #2 (permalink) Wed Jul 18, 2007 23:08 pm   do so v.s. do that
 

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'Due to' should not be used adverbially, some say. And 'permission' is normally a non-count noun.
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do so v.s. do that #3 (permalink) Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:00 am   do so v.s. do that
 

Hi, Mister Micawber

Thank you for your help :)
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