Please amend (overview/welcome)

[Torsten]

Can you please amend/edit this text:

The XXX CustomerCenter allows you to send single or multiple text messages (SMS) and access your balance and account information. Please contact us if you need any help on using the CustomerCenter.

Many thanks,
Torsten

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[Alan]

Hi Torsten,

As there is a bit of a gap between 'to' (send), I would be tempted to put another 'to' before 'access'.

Alan
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[Torsten]

Many thanks for that, Alan. With the extra 'to' it sounds much better indeed. Torsten

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[Nick*]

Hi Alan,

Somebody told me that in the past the part of speech of “access” is a noun only and when using it we always write it as “gain access to” until recently, ten to twenty years, people like to use it as a verb for direct action. Is that true ?

In some legal documents, such as the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, I found that people still use the word “access” as a noun as in the sentence “The Buyer(s) shall have the right to gain access to the property two further times prior to completion”.

Is it more formal or correct to use “gain access to” in legal documents ?

Best regards,

Nick

[Alan]

Hi Nick,

'Gain access to' suggests to me very much a physical entry as illustrated in your example

[Nick*]

Hi Alan,

Thank you so much !

Nick