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Passage: In any state, non-profit organizations cannot exist in the absence... #1 (permalink) Thu Aug 14, 2008 19:01 pm   Passage: In any state, non-profit organizations cannot exist in the absence...
 

Hello everyone

I'd like to ask if the following passage is written correctly:

In any state, non-profit organizations cannot exist in the absence of the following conditions:

1. Absence of serious obstacles from the state authorities for activities of non-profit organizations.
2. Presence of legal possibilities for financing non-profit organizations' activities.
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Is the passage written correctly? #2 (permalink) Thu Aug 14, 2008 19:21 pm   Is the passage written correctly?
 

Make it more succint and eliminate unnecessary qualifications.

"Non-profit organizations cannot exist with:

1.Government obstacles.
2.Poor legal conditions for funding."
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Is the passage written correctly? #3 (permalink) Thu Aug 14, 2008 19:22 pm   Is the passage written correctly?
 

Thank you very much, /quest/.
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Is the passage written correctly? #4 (permalink) Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:04 am   Is the passage written correctly?
 

/guest/ wrote:
Make it more succint and eliminate unnecessary qualifications.

"Non-profit organizations cannot exist with:

1.Government obstacles.
2.Poor legal conditions for funding."


This is a stylistic remark, but it's right on. However, if you were to write it out the long way, you should simply cut out the "absence of" and "presence of" parts, and you'd be fine. Of course, it would still be longer and more complicated than necessary, but oh well. The reason you don't need those words is because you already have the word "absence" in the first line, and you don't need to repeat it in #1, and in #2, the absence of a presence is just that -- an absence! So it's kind of... redundant, in a way.
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Passage: In any state, non-profit organizations cannot exist in the absence... #5 (permalink) Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:10 am   Passage: In any state, non-profit organizations cannot exist in the absence...
 

Thank you very much, Taeglich.
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