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i cant figure this out... #1 (permalink) Tue Jul 13, 2010 18:56 pm   i cant figure this out...
 

"After all, it is because of people such as yourself, the reason we are still in business today."

how should i re-word this?
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i cant figure this out... #2 (permalink) Tue Jul 13, 2010 18:59 pm   i cant figure this out...
 

I would put it this way:
After all, the reason why we're still in business today is because of people such as yourself.
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i cant figure this out... #3 (permalink) Tue Jul 13, 2010 19:15 pm   i cant figure this out...
 

Thank you very much. Sleep deprivation is a killer. I can't think properly!
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i cant figure this out... #4 (permalink) Tue Jul 13, 2010 23:42 pm   i cant figure this out...
 

Dtellez wrote:
"After all, it is because of people such as yourself, the reason we are still in business today."

how should i re-word this?


Hi Dtellez,

I'd prefer:

After all, it is because of the people such as you that we are still in business today.
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i cant figure this out... #5 (permalink) Wed Jul 14, 2010 0:09 am   i cant figure this out...
 

I'd go with Tort's version.
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i cant figure this out... #6 (permalink) Wed Jul 14, 2010 0:12 am   i cant figure this out...
 

I would choose Tort's version over those mentioned so far, but I would probably change "why" to "that" and drop "because of." I might alternatively just drop "the reason why" altogether.

After all, the reason that we're still in business today is people such as yourself.
After all, we're still in business today because of people such as yourself.
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