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accomplish the agreement #1 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:51 am   accomplish the agreement
 


The contract was/has been canceled once one of the parts didn't accomplish/fulfill the agreement.

Hi,
Is this sentence correct, please?
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accomplish the agreement #2 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:57 am   accomplish the agreement
 

I can't tell whether it's correct or not, unless I know what the context is. Can you explain the context better?

It's generally not good writing to use things like "was/has been" or "accomplish/fulfill".
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accomplish the agreement #3 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:06 am   accomplish the agreement
 

thanks.
two people have a contract and one of them fail to do what is expected and determined by the contract.
then the contract is canceled.
how would a native write the original sentence, please?
also, what is the right verb fo the following situation: "two people ___ a contract". sign? make?
thanks again.
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accomplish the agreement #4 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:12 am   accomplish the agreement
 

I don't know what verb tense it should be in, because you're not telling me if this sentence is IN the contract, or if it's just describing what normally happens, or if it describes something that has happened.

Anyway, we would say that the contract is canceled (or becomes null and void) if one of the parties fails to comply with it.
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accomplish the agreement #5 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:17 am   accomplish the agreement
 

Thanks.

1) the sentence "two people ____ a contract" is not in the contract. I'd like to know which verb to use in this sentence. What two people do with a contract? do they "sign" a contract? do they "create" a contract? do they "make" a contract? do they "establish" a contract?

2) Why 'was/has been' is not good writing, please?
Can't I say: the contract has been canceled because one of the parts failed to comply with it?

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accomplish the agreement #6 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:15 am   accomplish the agreement
 

1) They can do all of those things with a contract, relatively synonymously. I prefer "establish".

2) I didn't say that "has been" is not good writing. I said that "was/has been" is bad writing. Believe it or not, some people write like that.
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