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#2 (permalink) Sun Aug 31, 2008 17:34 pm The company is being tried to bring in to our bank on credit |
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| Neither of the sentences makes much sense to me, maybe because I'm not really into banking. I think you should avoid passive voice. "Being tried" means the company is put on trial. Try something like: " We are trying to bring the company in to our bank on credit" or better: " We are trying to get the company to open a credit account with our bank" |
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Diverhank I'm here quite often ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Sun Aug 31, 2008 20:23 pm The company is being tried to bring in to our bank on credit |
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| Volcano, can you restate the meaning of your sentence in other words? |
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Barb_D I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Mon Sep 01, 2008 16:10 pm The company is being tried to bring in to our bank on credit |
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| Barb_D wrote: |
| Volcano, can you restate the meaning of your sentence in other words? |
diverhank did that.Thanks... : ) |
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#5 (permalink) Mon Sep 01, 2008 18:52 pm The company is being tried to bring in to our bank on credit |
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| So his interpretation was correct? His second suggestion reads far more naturally to me. |
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#6 (permalink) Mon Sep 01, 2008 18:53 pm The company is being tried to bring in to our bank on credit |
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| Barb_D wrote: |
| So his interpretation was correct? His second suggestion reads far more naturally to me. |
I meant the first suggestion |
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#7 (permalink) Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:46 am The company is being tried to bring in to our bank on credit |
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| As a native speaker, I would not be sure what that first suggestion means. I don't know what you mean when you say you are bringing a company "on credit." |
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#8 (permalink) Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:28 am The company is being tried to bring in to our bank on credit |
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| To bring a company in your bank by giving credit.To make the company your credit customer |
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| precede and previous | meaning of "relinquish" |