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Hi,
Deliver would mean to hand in personally.
Alan
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Apr 21, 2005 13:31 pm Submit |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi,
Deliver would mean to hand in personally.
Alan |
Alan - is that as well as usual and ok to start an application (=formal text) with a present participle "having"?
Wouldn't it be better to prepare the first sentence with "I refer..."? |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 21, 2005 14:36 pm HAVING ETC |
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I wouldn't. What do you mean by better?
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Apr 21, 2005 15:25 pm Opening a cover letter |
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| Anonymous wrote: |
Alan - is that as well as usual and ok to start an application (=formal text) with a present participle "having"?
Wouldn't it be better to prepare the first sentence with "I refer..."? |
Having read your advertisement is a far more elegant way of opening a cover letter than I refer to. Can you guess why?
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Sep 15, 2006 15:11 pm Deliver vs. submit |
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| Why can't I say "I should like to SENT the letter as my application for the post of marceting manager" ??? |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Sep 15, 2006 15:12 pm Deliver vs. submit |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
| Why can't I say "I should like to SEND the letter as my application for the post of marceting manager" ??? |
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:11 pm Send |
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Hi,
You don't have to express a wish about sending because you can do that anyhow whether they want the application or not. Submit is more appropriate because it suggests that you want it to be considered/you want it to be approved. When you submit something, you are offering it for someone to look at and consider.
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| #9 (permalink) Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:20 am Deliver vs. submit |
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| "submit" is to send something from an entity with lower authority to another entity with higher authority. "submit" is conventionally used with "applications", "forms", "resumes", "reports", etc. |
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| #10 (permalink) Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:22 am Deliver vs. submit |
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| bootedcat wrote: |
| "submit" is to send something from an entity with lower authority to another entity with higher authority. "submit" is conventionally used with "applications", "forms", "resumes", "reports", etc. |
It is derived from another sense of "submit": surrender, where the surrenderer gives up something that symbolizes his power (e.g. a Grand Seal) to the victor. |
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