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| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5451 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes  Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 9 07 June 2012 at 11:32am | IP Logged |
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1. The contract has been delivered to us in PDF version.
2. The contract has been delivered to us as a PDF file. Which expression is more correct or natural? If neither of them is correct, how to express the same meaning? Edited by Fasulye on 09 June 2012 at 3:43am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kman543210 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4665 days ago 26 posts - 73 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, German | Message 2 of 9 07 June 2012 at 11:45am | IP Logged |
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I would definitely say that #2 sounds correct. The first sentence doesn't sound right.
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| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5561 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 3 of 9 07 June 2012 at 4:12pm | IP Logged |
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As it stands, (1) is bordering on the incorrect, but if you changed it to:
"The contract has been delivered to us in PDF format." it would probably be considered a little more elegant than (2) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6910 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 9 07 June 2012 at 5:31pm | IP Logged |
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"in PDF format" is what I would have written.
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| lingua nova Newbie United States Joined 4556 days ago 25 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Indonesian, Tagalog, French | Message 5 of 9 09 June 2012 at 12:34am | IP Logged |
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If you exchange "format" for "version," then (1) works, though it sounds a bit terse,
perhaps like something out of an instruction manual. (2) sounds fine; if you sent that message to me, I'd assume you were a native speaker. It sounds relaxed and just a touch colloquial. Personally, I'd go with (2), as (1) sounds like a computer-generated response. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sfeinst Newbie United States Joined 4595 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 6 of 9 09 June 2012 at 6:01pm | IP Logged |
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I would actually say:
The contract was sent to us as a PDF. I'm a computer programmer and for me, we send files and PDF implies file so I wouldn't say the word. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| fiziwig Senior Member United States Joined 4866 days ago 297 posts - 618 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 9 10 June 2012 at 6:20am | IP Logged |
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I vote for:
"... delivered to us as a PDF [file]." <-- first choice with word "file" being optional. Although technically redundant, most people don't know that, so I'd say using "file" is perfectly O.K. "... delivered to us in PDF format." <-- not as good as the first, but O.K. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6380 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 9 14 June 2012 at 3:58pm | IP Logged |
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I've used 2 with and without including "file" (using sent not delivered).
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