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sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...) #1 (permalink) Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:36 pm   sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...)
 

hi all,

the following sentence is correct or not?

please inform all the member so that it can be solved at the earliest
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sentence is correct or not? #2 (permalink) Sat Feb 23, 2008 15:56 pm   sentence is correct or not?
 

Hi and welcome to the site,

I would write your sentence as follows:

Please inform all the members so that it (the problem?) can be solved as early as possible/at the earliest possible moment.

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sentence is correct or not? #3 (permalink) Sat Feb 23, 2008 20:16 pm   sentence is correct or not?
 

Thanks Alan

So am I to understand that "at the earliest" is wrong or odd?

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sentence is correct or not? #4 (permalink) Sat Feb 23, 2008 20:52 pm   sentence is correct or not?
 

Sounds a tad odd to me, Tom. I think you need the earliest 'something' but of course it's quite common to say: 'at the latest'.

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sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...) #5 (permalink) Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:34 am   sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...)
 

thanx a lot....Alan

Please help me out for the following sentence also

how long u will take to deliver(for delivery??) the code ??
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sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...) #6 (permalink) Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:33 am   sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...)
 

Hi,

Just say: How long will you take to deliver the code?

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sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...) #7 (permalink) Thu Feb 28, 2008 14:03 pm   sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...)
 

thank u so much alan,

please let me know,what about this.....

The stream needs to be closed.......is correct??
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sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...) #8 (permalink) Thu Feb 28, 2008 14:07 pm   sentence is correct or not? (please inform all the member so that it can be...)
 

Hi pkj303,

Have you read Alan's post to you? I'm asking because you have spelled "you" incorrectly again although Alan put the correct spelling in bold. Also, you probably know that a sentence starts with a capital letter and that proper names are capitalized too?

Try avoiding obvious mistakes by changing your spelling habits. Words like "thanx" don't exist in English. It doesn't make much sense asking about grammar issues if you ignore basic spelling and punctuation rules.

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