Were you referred by any of our marketing personnel

English translation: marketing personnel

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English term or phrase:	marketing person
Selected answer:	marketing personnel
Entered by:	Fuad Yahya

01:26 Aug 31, 2001

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)

English term or phrase: Were you referred by any of our marketing personnel

Were you reffered by any of our marketing personnel? If Yes please write his / her name.

Were you reffered by any of our marketing person if Yes please write his / her name.

What setence is correct? should we use marketing personnel or marketing person?

Thanks,

Khawer Iqbal

personnel

Explanation:
Person is singular whereas personnel is plural. 'Referred by any of our' - suggests more than one, thus plural, thus personnel which refers to more than one person.

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jaymes69

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na +2

marketing personnel

Julia Gal

personnel

jaymes69

a member of our marketing staff

Fuad Yahya

Answers

12 mins peer agreement (net): +2

marketing personnel

Explanation:
but I would say:

"were you referred by a member of our marketing personnel? If so, please give his/her name".

Julia Gal
Local time: 08:14
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 8

15 mins

personnel

Explanation:
Person is singular whereas personnel is plural. 'Referred by any of our' - suggests more than one, thus plural, thus personnel which refers to more than one person.

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jaymes69
PRO pts in category: 4

20 hrs

a member of our marketing staff

Explanation:
We say, "marketing staff," "sales staff," "nursing staff," etc. This is how we identify a unit of personnel by function or line of work. "Marketing personnel" is not wrong, but "marketing staff" is more idiomatic.

Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 14

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