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Deliver vs. submit Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:33 am  Deliver vs. submit
 

Test No. incompl/advan-31 "Letter Writing (3)", question 1

Dear Sir, having read your advertisement, I should like to ......... this letter as my application for the post of marketing manager.

(a) deliver
(b) submit
(c) return
(d) send

Test No. incompl/advan-31 "Letter Writing (3)", answer 1

Dear Sir, having read your advertisement, I should like to submit this letter as my application for the post of marketing manager.

Correct answer: (b) submit

Your answer was: incorrect
Dear Sir, having read your advertisement, I should like to deliver this letter as my application for the post of marketing manager.
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Submit Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:12 pm  Submit
 

Hi,

Deliver would mean to hand in personally.

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Submit Thu Apr 21, 2005 14:31 pm  Submit
 

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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HAVING ETC Thu Apr 21, 2005 15:36 pm  HAVING ETC
 

I wouldn't. What do you mean by better?
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Opening a cover letter Thu Apr 21, 2005 16:25 pm  Opening a cover letter
 

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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Deliver vs. submit Fri Sep 15, 2006 16:11 pm  Deliver vs. submit
 

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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Deliver vs. submit Fri Sep 15, 2006 16:12 pm  Deliver vs. submit
 

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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Send Thu Sep 21, 2006 13:11 pm  Send
 

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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Deliver vs. submit Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:20 am  Deliver vs. submit
 

"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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Deliver vs. submit Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:22 am  Deliver vs. submit
 

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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