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Using contractions in business writing is usually not recommended.
http://www.business.umt.edu/faculty/herron/writing_hints.htm
IMHO it is better to write "what is" than 'what's." Saying it, on the other hand, is OK.
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 11, 2009 15:45 pm Use of word 'what's'. (This is a commercial land for sale what's suitable for |
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| I would write "that is suitable for..." or "which is suitable for...". |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Feb 11, 2009 21:21 pm Use of word 'what's'. (This is a commercial land for sale what's suitable for |
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We already have the clause with us - 'This is a commercial land for sale', isn't it incorrect to refer it by 'what'?
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Feb 11, 2009 21:27 pm Use of word 'what's'. (This is a commercial land for sale what's suitable for |
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| Gray wrote: |
| We already have the clause with us - 'This is a commercial land for sale', isn't it incorrect to refer it by 'what'? |
This commersial land for sale is suitable for ....
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Feb 12, 2009 0:32 am Use of word 'what's'. (This is a commercial land for sale what's suitable for |
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| Gray wrote: |
| We already have the clause with us - 'This is a commercial land for sale', isn't it incorrect to refer it by 'what'? |
I agree.
Besides, "a commercial land" is perhaps possible, but is it what you mean? Land in this context seems to be a noun that cannot be counted. I would write "commercial land for sale" without the article "a". |
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:55 am Use of word 'what's'. (This is a commercial land for sale what's suitable for |
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| Cerberus™ wrote: |
| Besides, "a commercial land" is perhaps possible, but is it what you mean? Land in this context seems to be a noun that cannot be counted. I would write "commercial land for sale" without the article "a". |
'a' -- A determiner (as 'a' or 'some' in English) that indicates non specific reference.
Article 'a' is not redundant here.
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| #8 (permalink) Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:53 am Use of word 'what's'. (This is a commercial land for sale what's suitable for |
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| Gray wrote: |
| Cerberus™ wrote: |
| Besides, "a commercial land" is perhaps possible, but is it what you mean? Land in this context seems to be a noun that cannot be counted. I would write "commercial land for sale" without the article "a". |
'a' -- A determiner (as 'a' or 'some' in English) that indicates non specific reference.
Article 'a' is not redundant here. |
Land may have an article, but in this sense? It sounds to me like "I have a yellow wool for sale, about 2 tonnes suitable for knitting, weaving &c".
This might have been real estate advertisement lingo, but searching Google for "a land for sale" gives results that either mean something different or are from Asian and Eastern-European websites containing many other lapses in grammar. Considering the rest of the sentence given, I should say it is just a mistake here. |
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